71-3-156 - Reserve fund for temporary assistance.

71-3-156. Reserve fund for temporary assistance.

Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the commissioner of finance and administration, from funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the department of human services in any account funding programs or services for temporary assistance shall establish a reserve fund to support temporary assistance, or any successor programs; provided, that for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, the reserve fund shall not exceed fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000). Funds available in such accounts at the end of any fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund, but shall be placed in the reserve fund established by this section.

[Acts 1996, ch. 950, § 7.]