| | 2.__Transfer.__At the close of each fiscal year, the State | Controller shall identify the amount of Highway Fund unallocated | surplus and make the following transfers: |
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| A.__Eighty percent of the unallocated surplus must be | transferred to the fund; and |
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| B.__Twenty percent of the unallocated surplus must be | transferred to the Maine Highway Budget Stabilization Fund | established in section 1522. |
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| | 3.__Notification.__By September 15th annually, the State | Controller shall notify the Legislature of the amount in the fund | as a result of the transfers required by subsection 2. |
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| | 4.__Refund through legislative action.__If the amount in the | fund exceeds 10% of Highway Fund expenditures for the previous | fiscal year, the State Tax Assessor shall calculate, based on the | amount in the fund, a proportional reduction in the taxes on | motor fuels under Part 5 to become effective the following | January 1st and remain in effect for one calendar year. |
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| §1997.__Revenues of quasi-governmental agencies and Other Special |
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| | By September 15th annually, each quasi-governmental agency or | state agency that manages an Other Special Revenue funds account | shall submit an annual report to the Legislature identifying | revenues received in the preceding fiscal year that exceed the | expenditure limitation established in section 1994 and any other | uncommitted revenues received during the previous fiscal year and | proposing a plan for refunding the amount identified that exceeds | 10% of the previous fiscal year's expenditure. |
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| §1998.__Refund of excess local revenues |
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| | If a local district receives revenues in a fiscal year in | excess of the expenditure limitation under section 1994, the | local district must use the amount of the unprotected excess to | reduce the amount of property tax assessed in the succeeding | year.__For purposes of this section, "unprotected excess" means | the amount in excess of an amount set aside in a reserve account | for unanticipated contingencies, which may not exceed 10% of the | previous fiscal year's expenditure. |
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| | 1.__Emergency taxes permitted; conditions.__The State or a | local district may impose emergency taxes only in accordance with | this section: |
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