| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 36 MRSA §4641-B, 5th ¶, as amended by PL 1997, c. 504, §9, is | | repealed and the following enacted in its place: |
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| | | On or before the 10th day of each month, each register of | | deeds shall pay over to the State Tax Assessor a percentage of | | the tax collected during the previous month based on the | | following schedule: |
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| | | 1.__Payments in 2000.__Beginning February 2000, 87% of the tax | | collected.__The remaining 13% is retained by the county by the | | register of deeds and accounted for to the county treasurer as | | reimbursement for services rendered by the county in collecting | | the tax; |
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| | | 2.__Payments in 2001.__Beginning February 2001, 84% of the tax | | collected.__The remaining 16% is retained by the county by the | | register of deeds and accounted for to the county treasurer as | | reimbursement for services rendered by the county in collecting | | the tax; |
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| | | 3.__Payments in 2002.__Beginning February 2002,__81% of the | | tax collected.__The remaining 19% is retained by the county by | | the register of deeds and accounted for to the county treasurer | | as reimbursement for services rendered by the county in | | collecting the tax; |
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| | | 4.__Payments in 2003.__Beginning February 2003, 78% of the tax | | collected.__The remaining 22% is retained by the county by the | | register of deeds and accounted for to the county treasurer as | | reimbursement for services rendered by the county in collecting | | the tax; and |
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| | | 5.__Payments in 2004.__Beginning February 2004, 75% of the tax | | collected.__The remaining 25% is retained by the county by the | | register of deeds and accounted for to the county treasurer as | | reimbursement for services rendered by the county in collecting | | the tax. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 36 MRSA §4641-B, 7th ¶, as amended by PL 1997, c. 759, §1 and | | affected by §2, is repealed and the following enacted in its | | place: |
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| | | The State Tax Assessor shall pay all net receipts to the | | Treasurer of State, who shall pay monthly to the Maine State | | Housing Authority an amount equal to 45% of the total tax | | collected, which amount must be deposited in the Housing | | Opportunities for Maine Fund, created in Title 30-A, section |
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