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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §13090-K, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 439, Pt.
UUUU, §1, is amended to read:

 
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.

 
Sec. 2. 10 MRSA §1305, as amended by PL 1997, c. 668, §1, is
further amended to read:

 
§1305. Terminal rental adjustment clauses; vehicle leases that

 
are not sales or security interests

 
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.

 
Sec. 3. 21-A MRSA §1124, sub-§2, ¶B, as amended by PL 2003, c. 673, Pt.
EE, §1, is further amended to read:

 
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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