and Corporations 0692

Initiative: Allocates funds to provide a base allocation for the Federal Expenditures Fund account established by Part U, section 3.

Federal Expenditures Fund 2003-04 2004-05

All Other $500 $500

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Federal Expenditures Fund Total $500 $500

SECRETARY OF STATE, DEPARTMENT OF THE

DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2003-04 2004-05

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND $500 $500

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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $500 $500

SECTION TOTALS 2003-04 2004-05

GENERAL FUND $0 ($80,000)

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 500 500

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SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $500 ($79,500)

PART JJJ

Sec. JJJ-1. PL 2001, c. 559, Pt. GG, §22 is repealed.

Sec. JJJ-2. Federal Relief Funds Reserve account established. The Federal Relief Funds Reserve account is established as a nonlapsing General Fund account to be used to reserve for health-related and other purposes the General Fund savings and revenue resulting from the receipt of any federal funds pursuant to the federal Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, Public Law 108-27. Funds in the reserve account may not be expended, transferred or otherwise obligated unless specifically authorized by the Legislature.

Sec. JJJ-3. Journal expenditures between funds; flexible grant funds in fiscal year 2002-03. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1585, or any other provision of law, at the close of fiscal year 2002-03, the State Controller shall make the necessary accounting journal entries to move $25,000,000 of fiscal year 2002-03 General Fund expenditures certified by the Governor as eligible for expenditure from the funds received from the federal Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, Public Law 108-27 to the Federal Block Grant Fund. The