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LR 3203
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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, Title 36,
chapter 723 and Title 36, section 2552, subsection 1, paragraphs
A to F, and credited to the General Fund without any reduction,
except that the postage, state cost allocation program and
programming costs of administering state-municipal revenue
sharing may 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, 2007, 5.1%; and

 
B. For months beginning on or after July 1, 2007, 5.2%.

 
Sec. 6. 36 MRSA §113, sub-§4 is enacted to read:

 
4. Allowances for new technological models. The State
Controller may transfer from the General Fund amounts authorized
by the State Tax Assessor equal to monetary allowances paid to
retailers and certified service providers as defined in section
1752 for new technological models pursuant to a contract between
the governing board of the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax
Agreement, authorized pursuant to chapter 921, and the retailer
or certified service provider under that agreement, or subject to
performance standards established by the governing board. For a
period not to exceed 24 months following the voluntary
registration through the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax
Agreement's central registration process of a retailer that is
not required to register by section 1754-B, the monetary
allowance may include a percentage of tax revenue generated by
the retailer. These amounts transferred must be deposited into a
dedicated, nonlapsing account to be used solely for the purpose
of paying these expenses. Interest earned on balances in the
account accrues to the account. The assessor shall notify the
State Controller of the amounts to be transferred pursuant to
this section.

 
Sec. 7. 36 MRSA §177, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1999, c. 708, §9, is
further amended to read:

 
1. Generally. All sales and use taxes collected by a person
pursuant to Part 3, all taxes collected by a person under color
of Part 3 that have not been properly returned or credited to the
persons from whom they were collected, all taxes collected by or
imposed on a person pursuant to chapter 451 or 459, all fees
collected pursuant to chapter 719 and all taxes collected by


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