An Act To Fund Transportation Projects

CONCEPT DRAFT SUMMARY

This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208.

This bill proposes to authorize counties to adopt by referendum a local option sales tax on sales within the county that are subject to the state sales tax. The tax would be collected and administered by the State. Ten percent of revenue from any county local option sales tax would be deposited in the State Transit, Aviation and Rail Transportation Fund, established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 23, section 4210-B, for use as authorized under that section to support transit, aeronautics and rail transportation. Ninety percent of revenue from the county local option sales tax would be returned to the county where collected for use on transportation-related projects within those counties.