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All books and records of the board shall must be open to public | inspection in accordance with Title 1, chapter 13, provided except | that records and meetings of the board may by vote be closed to the | public where when public disclosure of the subject matter of the | records or meetings would adversely affect the competitive position | of the Maine potato industry or segments of the industry. |
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| | Sec. 5. 36 MRSA §4606, first ¶, as amended by PL 1995, c. 702, §2 and | affected by §4, is further amended to read: |
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| | Money received by the Treasurer of State under this chapter, | including all receipts of taxes levied under section 4605, must | be transferred to the board in its capacity as an independent | agency on a monthly basis and used for all activities of the | board authorized under this chapter. The board shall pay a sum | to the State Tax Assessor representing the actual cost incurred | by the State in collecting the taxes, except that the sum paid to | the State Tax Assessor for collecting taxes may not be greater | than 5% of the total tax collected annually. Notwithstanding | section 4603, subsection 1, money received by the Treasurer of | State under this chapter, including all receipts of taxes levied | under section 4605, must be allocated or appropriated to the | board by the Legislature. |
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| | Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, | this Act takes effect when approved. |
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