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LD 1847 Title Page An Act to Increase to 5.5% the Amount of Revenue Dedicated to General Revenue S... LD 1847 Title Page
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §5681, sub-§5, as amended by PL 1991, c. 780, Pt. Q,
§1, is further amended to read:

 
5. Treasurer of State. An amount equal to 5.1% 5.5% of the
receipts from the taxes imposed under Title 36, Parts 3 and 8,
and credited to the General Fund, calculated before any transfers
are made from the revenues generated by these taxes, must be
transferred by the Treasurer of State to the Local Government
Fund on the first day of each month beginning August 1, 1992.

 
The Treasurer of State shall distribute the balance in the Local
Government Fund on the 20th day of each month.

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill increases the percentage of certain state tax
revenues dedicated to state-municipal revenue sharing from 5.1%
to 5.5%. The bill also provides that the amount of revenue
dedicated to state-municipal revenue sharing must be calculated
before any transfers are made from the revenues generated by the
taxes subject to revenue sharing.


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