Sec. G-1. PL 1995, c. 707, Pt. B, §2 is amended to read:
Sec. B-2. Authorization to expend Federal Block Grant Funds. The Department of Human Services may expend Federal Block Grant Funds provided to the State under the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 in accordance with federal allocation and certain related Other Special Revenue allocation levels previously authorized by the 117th Legislature and in accordance with the Department of Human Services rules existing on the effective date of this Part on pass-through of child support funds, except that authority to expend funds on the pass-through of child support funds terminates on April 1, 1997. If the amount of block grant funds received under the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, however, is greater than the amount previously allocated by the 117th Legislature, the additional amounts accrue in the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 Block Grant account until allocation of these funds by the Legislature.
Sec. G-2. PL 1995, c. 707, Pt. B, §3 is amended to read:
Sec. B-3. Compliance with federal law. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Human Services shall comply with all federal block grant funding restrictions under the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. The department shall also expend federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 Federal Block Grant Funds within the limitations of section 5 of this Part to maintain all state welfare programs authorized on the effective date of this Part by state laws and rules, except that authority to expend funds on the pass-through of child support funds and legal immigrant families terminates on April 1, 1997.
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