CHAPTER 266

H.P. 1155 - L.D. 1637

An Act To Implement the Fund for the Efficient Delivery of

Local and Regional Services

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

Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §5681, sub-§3, as amended by IB 2003, c. 2, §2, is further amended to read:

3. Revenue-sharing funds. To strengthen the state-municipal fiscal relationship pursuant to the findings and objectives of subsection 1, there is established the Local Government Fund. To provide additional support for municipalities experiencing a higher-than-average property tax burden, there is established the Disproportionate Tax Burden Fund. To assist those municipalities that collaborate with other municipalities, counties or state agencies to obtain savings in the cost of delivering local and regional governmental services there is established the Fund for the Efficient Delivery of Local and Regional Services, which is administered pursuant to chapter 231.

Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA c. 231 is enacted to read:

CHAPTER 231

FUND FOR THE EFFICIENT DELIVERY OF LOCAL

AND REGIONAL SERVICES