| | | 3.__Collaboration.__The Executive Department, State Planning | | Office shall work collaboratively with the Commissioner of Health | | and Human Services, the Commissioner of Education, the | | Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, the Commissioner | | of Administrative and Financial Services and the State Tax | | Assessor to coordinate and manage the fund. |
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| | | 4.__Transfers.__The Director of the State Planning Office | | within the Executive Department shall on or before the close of | | each fiscal year transfer funds that have been designated for | | contribution under section 5289, subsection 1 and Title 1, | | section 534 to the Department of Health and Human Services, the | | Department of Education and the Department of Inland Fisheries | | and Wildlife out of the fund to a dedicated account within the | | Department of Health and Human Services, a dedicated account | | within the Department of Education and a dedicated account within | | the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, respectively, to | | support departmental operations. |
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| | | 5.__Unspecified funds.__Any funds deposited in the fund that | | are not designated for the benefit of the Department of Health | | and Human Services, the Department of Education or the Department | | of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife must be transferred to a | | dedicated account within the Department of Administrative and | | Financial Services to support departmental operations. |
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| | | Sec. 5. 36 MRSA §5289 is enacted to read: |
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| | | §5289.__Maine State Government Fund voluntary checkoff |
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| | | 1.__Maine State Government Fund.__A taxpayer who, when filing | | a return, is entitled to a refund under this Part may designate | | that a part of that refund be paid into the Maine State | | Government Fund established in Title 5, section 3307-G.__A | | taxpayer who is not entitled to a refund under this Part may | | contribute to the Maine State Government Fund by including with | | that taxpayer's return sufficient funds to make the contribution.__ | | Each individual income tax return form must contain a designation | | in substantially the following form:__"Contribution to Maine | | State Government Fund:__( )$5, ( )$10, ( ) $25 or ( ) Other $... | | ."__The return form must provide the taxpayer the option of | | further dedicating the contribution to the Department of Health | | and Human Services, the Department of Education or the Department | | of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. |
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| | | 2.__Contributions credited to Maine State Government Fund.__ | | The State Tax Assessor shall determine annually the total amount | | contributed pursuant to subsection 1.__Prior to the beginning of | | the next year, the assessor shall deduct the cost of | | administering the Maine State Government Fund checkoff, but not |
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