Sec. DD-3. General Fund unappropriated surplus. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Controller is authorized to recognize as General Fund unappropriated surplus, no later than June 30, 2005, $177,232 generated from fiscal year 2002-03 funds returned to the Department of Human Services from health care providers.

Sec. DD-4. Minimum record-keeping requirements. Agencies authorized to administer programs funded by Temporary Assistance for Needy Families or "TANF" funds must adhere to minimum record-keeping requirements established by the federal Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families regarding Maintenance of Effort expenditures in order to ensure that expenditures are sufficiently documented. The Department of Human Services, Bureau of Family Independence shall ensure that all claims made under the TANF program meet all state requirements and the eligibility requirements set forth by the federal Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families or its successor agency.

Sec. DD-5. State Supplement to Federal Supplemental Security Income General Fund account; lapsed balances. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, $1,100,000 of unencumbered balance forward in fiscal year 2003-04 in the State Supplement to Federal Supplemental Security Income General Fund account in the Department of Human Services lapses to the General Fund in fiscal year 2004-05.

PART EE

Sec. EE-1. 21-A MRSA §1124, sub-§2, ¶B, as amended by PL 2001, c. 714, Pt. RR, §1, is further amended to read:

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