| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §13090-K, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 439, Pt. | UUUU, §1, is amended to read: |
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| | 2. Source of fund. Beginning July 1, 2003 and every July 1st | thereafter, the State Controller shall transfer to the Tourism | Marketing Promotion Fund an amount, as certified by the State Tax | Assessor, that is equivalent to the sum of 5% of the 7% tax | imposed on tangible personal property and taxable services | pursuant to Title 36, section 1811, and 5% of the 7% tax imposed | on meals and rentals pursuant to Title 36, chapter 723, for the | first 6 months of the prior fiscal year after the reduction for | the transfer to the Local Government Fund as described by Title | 30-A, section 5681, subsection 5. Beginning on October 1, 2003 | and every October 1st thereafter, the State Controller shall | transfer to the Tourism Marketing Promotion Fund an amount, as | certified by the State Tax Assessor, that is equivalent to the | sum of 5% of the 7% tax imposed on tangible personal property and | taxable services pursuant to Title 36, section 1811, and 5% of | the 7% tax imposed on meals and rentals pursuant to Title 36, | chapter 723, for the last 6 months of the prior fiscal year after | the reduction for the transfer to the Local Government Fund. The | tax amount must be based on actual sales for that fiscal year and | may not consider any accruals that may be required by law. The | amount transferred from General Fund sales and use tax revenues | pursuant to this section does not affect the calculation for the | transfer to the Local Government Fund. |
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| | Sec. 2. 10 MRSA §1305, as amended by PL 1997, c. 668, §1, is | further amended to read: |
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| §1305. Terminal rental adjustment clauses; vehicle leases that |
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| are not sales or security interests |
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| | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the case of | motor vehicles or trailers, a transaction does not create a sale | or security interest merely because the agreement provides that | the rental price is permitted or required to be adjusted upward | or downward by reference to the amount realized upon sale or | other disposition of the motor vehicle or trailer. A transaction | may be considered a sale for purposes of Title 36. |
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| | Sec. 3. 21-A MRSA §1124, sub-§2, ¶B, as amended by PL 2003, c. 673, Pt. | EE, §1, is further amended to read: |
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| B. Two million dollars of the revenues from the taxes imposed | under Title 36, Parts 3 and 8 and chapter 723 and credited to the | General Fund, transferred to the fund by the |
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