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funding the program. Any balance in the fund does not lapse but is | | carried forward to be expended for the same purposes in succeeding | | fiscal years. The fund must be deposited with and maintained and | | administered by the agency. The agency may accept funds into the | fund from any non-General Fund, nonpublic fund | | grants or contributions of money or other things of value, that it | | determines necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. | | Money received by the agency to establish and maintain the program | | must be used for the expenses of administering this chapter. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §2700, sub-§7 is enacted to read: |
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| | | 7.__Contingency.__The program must operate with funding solely | | from the fund provided in subsection 5.__The program may begin | | operation for 2 years on July 1st of any year in which notice is | | given by April 1st by the director of the agency to the State | | Budget Officer that funding has been procured for the fund that | | is sufficient to operate the program for 2 years. |
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| | | Sec. 3. PL 2003, c. 679, §4 is amended to read: |
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| | | Sec.* 4. Effective date. That section of this Act that enacts the | | Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, chapter 604 takes effect July | 1, 2005 |
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| | | Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, | | this Act takes effect when approved. |
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