Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §5681, sub-§5, as amended by PL 2001, c. 714, Pt. Y, §1, is further amended to read:

5. Transfers to funds. On the last day of each month, the Treasurer of State shall transfer to the Local Government Fund a percentage, as provided in this subsection, of the receipts from the taxes imposed under Title 36, Parts 3 and 8 and credited to the General Fund without any reduction. Nonsalary costs of administering state-municipal revenue sharing must be paid by the Local Government Fund. Any amounts transferred to the Local Government Fund in excess of the annual growth ceiling must be transferred to the Disproportionate Tax Burden Fund. The percentage transferred to the Local Government Fund on the last day of each month is:

A. For months beginning before July 1, 2003, 5.1%; and

B. For months beginning on or after July 1, 2003, 5.2%.

SUMMARY

This bill clarifies that administrative costs of state- municipal revenue sharing are paid by the Local Government Fund.