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An Act To Fund the Fuel Assistance Reserve Fund To Ensure That Help from the Low-income Home Energy Assistance Program Is Received in a Timely Fashion
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
MAINE STATE HOUSING AUTHORITY
 
Fuel Assistance Reserve Fund
 
Initiative: Appropriates one-time funds for the Maine State Housing Authority to establish and capitalize the Fuel Assistance Reserve Fund as described in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 30-A, section 4992-A. The authority shall use the Fuel Assistance Reserve Fund to ensure that fuel assistance benefits for the State's eligible elderly and low-income residents are available in a timely fashion.

GENERAL FUND	2007-08	2008-09	
All Other	$10,000,000	$0	
 	  	  	
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$10,000,000	$0	

SUMMARY
This bill appropriates one-time funds for the Maine State Housing Authority to establish and capitalize the Fuel Assistance Reserve Fund as described in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 30-A, section 4992-A. The authority shall use the Fuel Assistance Reserve Fund to ensure that fuel assistance benefits for the State's eligible elderly and low-income residents are available in a timely fashion.