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unless the commissioner finds that the project or projects for
which the tax was proposed will directly serve residents of the
eligible municipality and visitors and workers from communities
other than the eligible municipality in which the improvement is
located.__A project does not provide a regional benefit if it is
primarily local in nature and serves a single municipality, with
only incidental or indirect benefit to residents of that
municipality and visitors and workers from other communities, or
is a type of project that is routinely funded out of the local
property tax.__The Department of Economic and Community
Development may adopt rules to implement this section.__Rules
adopted under this section are routine technical rules pursuant
to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

 
2.__Commissioner to notify assessor.__ The Commissioner of
Economic and Community Development shall notify the assessor
whenever the commissioner certifies a local option sales and use
tax pursuant to this section.

 
§1876.__Distribution of revenues

 
Beginning on the 15th day of the 2nd month following the month
in which a tax adopted pursuant to this chapter first becomes
effective, and on the 15th day of each month thereafter, the
assessor shall identify the amount of revenues that have been
collected pursuant to local option sales and use taxes adopted
pursuant to this chapter, including tax, interest and penalties,
net of refunds, credits and other appropriate adjustments.__The
assessor shall determine the amount of such revenues attributable
to each eligible municipality and subtract 2%, which must be
credited to the Local Option Sales Tax Fund, established in the
Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of
Revenue Services.__The assessor shall certify to the Treasurer of
State the net amount due each eligible municipality.__The
Treasurer of State shall make monthly payments to municipal
treasurers of the net amounts certified by the assessor under
this subsection.__Revenues collected pursuant to taxes imposed
under this chapter do not constitute receipts from the taxes
imposed under this Part for purposes of transfers to the Local
Government Fund under Title 30-A, section 5681.

 
§1877.__Use of proceeds by eligible municipality

 
The revenue raised by the adoption of a local option sales and
use tax must be held by the eligible municipality in a segregated
account.__Revenue from that account may be expended only for the
purpose or purposes specified in the referendum on the adoption
of the tax, or to pay general obligation debt issued for the
approved purpose or purposes.__If the proceeds exceed the maximum
amount specified in the referendum for the financing of


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