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Sec. 4. 32 MRSA §2202-C is enacted to read:

 
§2202-C.__Provisional certification

 
Any person who has successfully completed the nursing
assistant training program as described in section 2102,
subsection 2, paragraph D may be granted a provisional
certification under rules adopted by the State Board of
Nursing until a successful background check is completed or
the provisional certification is revoked.__The rules must
define what constitutes a successful__background check and
what actions would constitute grounds to revoke the
provisional certification.__Rules adopted under this section
are major substantive rules in accordance with Title 5,
chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

 
Sec. 5. 36 MRSA §1752, sub-§1-H is enacted to read:

 
1-H.__Bottled soda.__"Bottled soda" means any ready-to-
consume, carbonated nonalcoholic drink, commonly referred to
as a soda and contained in a bottle or any other closed or
sealed glass, metal, paper or plastic container or any other
type of container regardless of the size or shape of the
container.

 
Sec. 6. 36 MRSA §1811, first ¶, as amended by PL 2001, c. 439, Pt.
TTTT, §2 and affected by §3, is further amended to read:

 
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 or
tourist or trailer camp; 10% on the value of bottled soda; 10%
on the value of rental for a period of less than one year of
an automobile; 7% on the value of prepared food; and 5% on
the value of all other tangible personal property and taxable
services. Value is measured by the sale price, except as
otherwise provided.

 
Sec. 7. 36 MRSA §1811, as amended by PL 2001, c. 439, Pt. TTTT,
§2 and affected by §3, is further amended by adding at the end
a new paragraph to read:

 
One-half of the amount collected under this chapter in the
sales of bottled soda must be transferred monthly by the State
Controller to the Department of Education, adult education
program to support training programs for nursing assistant
certification under Title 32, chapter 31.


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