| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 36 MRSA §1811, first ¶, as amended by PL 1993, c. 701, §6 and | affected by §10, is further amended to read: |
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| | A tax is imposed on the value of all tangible personal | property and taxable services sold at retail in this State. The | rate of tax is 7% on the value of liquor sold in licensed | establishments as defined in Title 28-A, section 2, subsection | 15, in accordance with Title 28-A, chapter 43; 7% on the value of | rental of living quarters in any hotel, rooming house, tourist or | trailer camp; 10% on the value of rental for a period of less | than one year of an automobile; 7% on the value of prepared food | sold in establishments that are licensed for on-premises | consumption of liquor pursuant to Title 28-A, chapter 43; and 6% | 5% on the value of all other tangible personal property and | taxable services. Value is measured by the sale price, except as | otherwise provided. |
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| | Sec. 2. 36 MRSA §1811, 3rd, 4th and 5th ¶¶, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 410, | Pt. KKKK, §1, are amended to read: |
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| | On or before May 15th of each year, the State Budget Officer | shall present a final estimate of General Fund revenues for the | current fiscal year, taking into consideration an estimate of the | Revenue Forecasting Committee. If estimated General Fund | revenues for the current fiscal year exceed those of the prior | fiscal year by 8% or more, on a base-to-base comparison excluding | one-time revenue gains and losses, revenue in an amount | equivalent to that generated by 0.5% of the tax on the sale of | personal property and taxable services taxed at a rate of 6% 5% | on the effective date of this paragraph must be transferred by | the State Controller to the Maine Rainy Day Fund as described in | this section. |
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| | Each month following a fiscal year during which General Fund | revenues exceed those of the previous fiscal year by 8% or more, | on a base-to-base comparison excluding one-time revenue gains and | losses, the State Controller shall transfer an amount equivalent | to that generated over the preceding month by 0.5% of the tax on | the sale of personal property and taxable services taxed at a | rate of 6% 5% on the effective date of this paragraph to the | Maine Rainy Day Fund until such time as the tax imposed by this | chapter is reduced. |
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| | If General Fund revenues for any fiscal year, as determined by | the State Controller at the close of the fiscal year following | the end of that fiscal year, exceed those of the previous fiscal | year by 8% or more, on a base-to-base comparison excluding one- | time revenue gains and losses, the tax on the sale of those |
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