An Act To Direct Vehicle Excise Tax Revenue for Local Transportation Infrastructure
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 36 MRSA §1489, as amended by PL 1985, c. 459, Pt. C, §12, is further amended to read:
§ 1489. Crediting and apportionment of tax received
1. Municipal excise tax account. In municipalities the treasurer shall credit money received from excise taxes to an excise tax account , from which it may . Funds from that account may be appropriated by the municipality only for any purpose for which a municipality may appropriate money maintenance or improvement of transportation infrastructure within that municipality.
summary
This bill provides that revenue received by a municipality from the vehicle excise tax must be used for maintenance or improvement of transportation infrastructure within that municipality.