PUBLIC Law, Chapter 193, An Act To Clarify the Duties of Municipal Treasurers, Clerks and Tax Collectors

An Act To Clarify the Duties of Municipal Treasurers, Clerks and Tax Collectors

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

Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §2655 is enacted to read:

§ 2655. Prohibition on commingling funds

A clerk is prohibited from commingling personal funds with any funds collected for a municipality while performing the duty of clerk.

Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §5603, sub-§2, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 and Pt. C, §106 and amended by PL 1989, c. 6; c. 9; §2; and c. 104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is further amended to read:

C. Maintain a bank account in the municipality's name for the deposit of cash receipts. The treasurer shall deposit the all cash balance receipts in the bank within 10 days when it exceeds $100. The treasurer may not commingle funds of the municipality with any personal funds or in any personal account of the treasurer.

Sec. 3. 36 MRSA §759-A is enacted to read:

§ 759-A. Prohibition on commingling funds

A tax collector is prohibited from commingling personal funds with any funds collected for a municipality while performing the duty of tax collector.

Effective September 12, 2009

HP0267 LD 331	PUBLIC Law, Chapter 193 Signed on 2009-05-22 00:00:00.0 - First Regular Session - 124th Maine Legislature Text: MS-Word, RTF or PDF		LR 462 Item 1
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