121st Maine Legislature
		Office of Fiscal and Program Review
		LD 549
		An Act To Restore Assistance to Low-income Families with Children Faced with High Housing Costs
		LR1169(01)
		Fiscal Note for Original Bill
		Sponsor: Sen. Treat of Kennebec
		Committee: Appropriations and Financial Affairs
		Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
Potential current biennium cost increase - General Fund
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	By committing any unexpended balances in the TANF or Parents as Scholars programs, this bill would reduce amounts that would otherwise lapse back to the General Fund.  There are no unexpended balances currently estimated for the TANF or Parents as Scholars programs for state fiscal years 2002-03 or 2003-04.  Should these programs have unexpended balances, the specified uses in this bill would need to be coordinated with those already specified in 22 MRSA §3769-C.  In addition, 22 §3762(3)(B)(6) that limits the housing needs allowance to $50 would also need to be amended.