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130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
                   FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2021
Legislative Document                                                                          No. 211
H.P. 146                                                    House of Representatives, January 27, 2021
           An Act To Support Emergency Shelter Access for Persons
           Experiencing Homelessness
   Received by the Clerk of the House on January 25, 2021. Referred to the Committee on
Labor and Housing pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule
401.
                                                                                  ROBERT B. HUNT
                                                                                             Clerk
Presented by Representative CLOUTIER of Lewiston.
Cosponsored by Senator SANBORN, H. of Cumberland and
Representatives: BRENNAN of Portland, CRAVEN of Lewiston, LOOKNER of Portland,
MORALES of South Portland, SUPICA of Bangor, TALBOT ROSS of Portland, Senators:
CLAXTON of Androscoggin, DAUGHTRY of Cumberland.
                                        Printed on recycled paper
 1   Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
 2       Sec. 1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and
 3   allocations are made.
 4   HOUSING AUTHORITY, MAINE STATE
 5   Shelter Operating Subsidy 0661
 6   Initiative: Provides ongoing funds to support operations and capacity at low-barrier
 7   emergency homeless shelters across the State. This funding is supplemental to the Maine
 8   State Housing Authority's emergency shelter and housing assistance program and is to be
 9   delivered outside of the funding formula set forth in the Maine State Housing Authority's
10   rule under 99-346 C.M.R. Chapter 19, Homeless Solutions Rule.
11   GENERAL FUND                                                    2021-22         2022-23
12    All Other                                                   $3,000,000      $3,000,000
13                                                               __________      __________
14   GENERAL FUND TOTAL                                           $3,000,000      $3,000,000
15
11                                        SUMMARY
16        This bill includes ongoing General Fund appropriations of $3,000,000 per year to the
17   Shelter Operating Subsidy program within the Maine State Housing Authority to support
18   operations and capacity at low-barrier emergency homeless shelters across the State. This
19   bill specifies that the funding is supplemental to the Maine State Housing Authority's
20   emergency shelter and housing assistance program and is to be delivered outside of the
21   funding formula set forth in the Maine State Housing Authority's rule under 99-346 C.M.R.
22   Chapter 19, Homeless Solutions Rule.
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