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(a) The Legislature shall annually appropriate out of funds available to it, an amount sufficient to carry out the provisions of this chapter based upon the estimates submitted by the Commissioner of Social Welfare pursuant to section 384 of Title 3. The Commissioner of Finance shall pay into the Public Assistance Fund the amounts appropriated thereto in accordance with section 14(a) of this title.\n(b) No appropriation request for the Public Assistance Fund shall be considered by the Legislature unless such request is accompanied by a schedule showing the average proposed and existing grants for all categories of public assistance including average allowances for food, clothing, shelter and fuel in each category.