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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.

 
Sec. 5. 36 MRSA §4606, first ¶, as amended by PL 1995, c. 702, §2 and
affected by §4, is further amended to read:

 
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.

 
Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble,
this Act takes effect when approved.

 
Effective May 20, 2005.


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