B. Two million dollars of the revenues from the taxes imposed under Title 36, Parts 3 and 8 and credited to the General Fund, transferred to the fund by the State Controller on or before January 1st of each year, beginning January 1, 1999. These revenues must be offset in an equitable manner by an equivalent reduction within the administrative divisions of the legislative branch and executive branch agencies. This section may not affect the funds distributed to the Local Government Fund under Title 30-A, section 5681.

If the commission determines that the fund will not have sufficient revenues to cover the likely demand for funds from the Maine Clean Election Fund in an upcoming calendar year 2006, by January 1, 2006, 1st the commission shall provide a report of its projections of the balances in the Maine Clean Election Fund to the Legislature and the Governor and may request that the State Controller make the following transfers to the Maine Clean Election Fund from the General Fund:

(1) Up to $2,000,000 no later than February 28, 2006, reflecting an advance of the transfer of the amounts that would be received on or before January 1, 2007 pursuant to this paragraph; and

(2) Up to $2,000,000 no later than July 31, 2006, reflecting an advance of the transfer of the amounts that would be received on or before January 1, 2008 pursuant to this paragraph; and

(3)__Up to $1,500,000 no later than September 1, 2004, reflecting a partial advance of the transfer of the amounts that would be received on or before January 1, 2005 pursuant to this paragraph;

PART FF

Sec. FF-1. 24-A MRSA §4316 is enacted to read:

§4316.__Coverage of crisis and crisis residential services

1.__Definitions.__As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.