B.__Serve as a liaison with the federal Interagency Council on Homeless and recommend any necessary changes;

4.__Assess statewide needs.__With assistance from regional homeless councils, develop estimates of statewide resource needs;

5.__Identify potential resources. Identify new funding opportunities through private and public sources and assist in disseminating this information to regional homeless councils along with available grant opportunities;

6.__Assistance to homeless. In cooperation with the state authority, identify the resources available to and ways to increase access to services to the homeless and persons with special needs, identify the gaps in delivery services to this population and make recommendations concerning the policies and programs serving this population; and

7.__Review, monitor and implement plans. On an annual basis, review and comment on plans submitted pursuant to Title 34-B, section 1221, and propose amendments and updates to and implement a plan to end homelessness.

Sec. A-3. Transition; completion of terms. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 30-A, section 5047, subsection 2, members of the Interagency Task Force on Homelessness and Housing Opportunities on the effective date of this Act continue to serve out the remainder of their terms on the Statewide Homeless Council as representatives of the regional homeless councils of which they are members.

PART B

Sec. B-1. 5 MRSA §12004-L, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 878, Pt. A, §19, is repealed.

Sec. B-2. 5 MRSA §12004-L, sub-§13 is enacted to read:

13.__Statewide Not 30-A MRSA__5046

Homeless Council Authorized

Sec. B-3. 30-A MRSA §4722, sub-§1, ķU, as amended by PL 1993, c. 359, Pt. B, §2, is further amended to read:

U. Consult with the Interagency Task Force on Homelessness and Housing Opportunities, as defined in chapter 202,