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LR 1344
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3.__Payment to the fund.__Payments are deposited to the fund
from the following sources:

 
A.__Payments equal to 9.14% of the state liquor tax
collected pursuant to Title 28-A, section 1651;

 
B.__Payments equal to 50% of the excise tax on malt liquor,
low-alcohol spirit products, fortified wines and wine
collected pursuant to Title 28-A, section 1652;

 
C.__Payments of the sales tax collected pursuant to Title
36, section 1811, as follows:

 
(1)__An amount equal to 34.88% of the sales tax on the
value of liquor sold in licensed establishments;

 
(2)__An amount equal to 28.2% of the sales tax on the
value of rental of living quarters in a hotel, rooming
house or tourist or trailer camp;

 
(3)__An amount equal to 23.03% of the sales tax
collected on the value of rental for a period of less
than one year of an automobile;

 
(4)__An amount equal to 24.8% of the sales tax
collected on the value of prepared food sold in
establishments that are licensed for on-premises
consumption of liquor; and

 
(5)__An amount equal to 38.46% of the sales tax on the
value of the all other tangible personal property and
taxable services;

 
D.__Payment equal to 65% of the personal income tax
collected pursuant to Title 36, section 5111; and

 
E.__Payment equal to 30% of the corporate income tax
collected pursuant to Title 36, section 5200.

 
Sec. A-2. Effective date. Unless otherwise indicated, this Part takes
effect January 1, 2000.

 
PART B

 
Sec. B-1. Waivers for Medicaid and Medicare. The Department of Human
Services and the Maine Health Care Authority shall conduct a
joint study of the provision of health care services under the
Medicaid and Medicare programs to determine the best method of
coordinating benefit delivery and compensation under


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