An Act To Establish a Statewide Residency Requirement for General Assistance
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §4307, sub-§2, ¶A, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 349, Pt. H, §15, is amended to read:
A. A resident of the municipality. For the purposes of this section, a "resident" means a person who is has been physically present for 30 days or longer in a municipality with the intention of remaining in that municipality to maintain or establish a home and who has no other residence; and
Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §4307, sub-§2, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 349, Pt. H, §15, is amended to read:
B. Eligible persons who apply to the municipality for assistance and who are not residents of that or any other municipality , but only after remaining in that municipality for 30 days or longer. If a person is not a resident of any municipality, the municipality where that person first applies shall be responsible for support until a new residence is established.
Sec. 3. 22 MRSA §4307, sub-§3, as repealed and replaced by PL 1987, c. 349, Pt. H, §15, is repealed.
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This bill establishes a 30-day residency requirement for general assistance benefits.