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PUBLIC LAWS OF MAINE
First Regular Session of the 119th

PART S

     Sec. S-1. 19-A MRSA §2402, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. B, §2 and affected by Pt. E, §2 and amended by PL 1997, c. 530, Pt. A, §34, is further amended to read:

§2402. Dedicated funds

     All collections, fees and incentive payments received by the department from child support collections must be dedicated to reduce the State's General Fund share of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and to cover the costs of making such collections. The department may not expend more than $2,654,000 $2,786,700 in any fiscal year of incentive payment revenue for the purpose of covering the costs of making child support collections.

     Sec. S-2. 22 MRSA §3104-A, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 731, §1 and affected by §3, is repealed.

     Sec. S-3. 22 MRSA §3762, sub-§3, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 530, Pt. A, §16, is amended by amending subparagraph (7) to read:

     Sec. S-4. 22 MRSA §3769-B, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 643, Pt. VV, §1, is amended to read:

§3769-B. Assistance in meeting basic needs

     Beginning July 1, 1998 and ending June 30, 1999, the department shall increase the maximum amount of TANF assistance by an amount equal to 5% of the maximum payments that were in effect on January 1, 1998 and shall increase the standard of need to maintain the same differential between the maximum payment and the standard of need that was in effect on January 1, 1998.

     Beginning July 1, 1999, the department shall increase the maximum amount of TANF assistance by an amount equal to 5% of the maximum payments that were in effect on July 1, 1998 for assistance units with no earned income disregard and shall increase the standard of need to maintain the same differential between the maximum payment and the standard of need that was in effect on January 1, 1998.

     1. Limitation. The assistance increase required by this section does not apply to assistance units with earned income disregarded pursuant to department rule or section 3762, subsection 3, paragraph B, subparagraph (7).

     2. Determination of eligibility. In determining eligibility for TANF benefits for applicants after July 1, 1998, the department shall use the gross income pretest in effect on January 1, 1998.

     3. Coordination with special housing allowance. The assistance increase required by this section does not decrease the special housing allowance payment under section 3762, subsection 3, paragraph B, subparagraph (6) to assistance units that have received the special housing allowance without interruption since June 1998.

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