LD 193 - Authorizes the Funding and Restoration of State-Municipal Revenue Sharing - Maine Key Vote

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Title: Authorizes the Funding and Restoration of State-Municipal Revenue Sharing

NOTE: THIS BILL CONTAINS AN EMERGENCY CLAUSE, MEANING THE BILL WILL GO INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY UPON APPROVAL (GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE OR VETO OVERRIDE), RATHER THAN THE MANDATORY 90 DAY PERIOD REQUIRED OF BILLS WITHOUT AN EMERGENCY CLAUSE, WHICH REQUIRES A TWO-THIRDS VOTE OF ALL MEMBERS IN EACH CHAMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE FOR PASSAGE.

Title: Authorizes the Funding and Restoration of State-Municipal Revenue Sharing

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Title: Authorizes the Funding and Restoration of State-Municipal Revenue Sharing

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Vote to pass a bill that authorizes the funding and restoration of state-municipal revenue sharing.

Highlights:

 

  • Specifies that beginning July 1, 2019 the percentage of revenue sharing shall be returned from 2 percent to 5 percent as is necessary to restore local municipalities’ ability to provide services to their residents (Sec. 1).

  • Specifies that this act applies retroactively to January 1, 2019 (Sec. 2).

Title: Authorizes the Funding and Restoration of State-Municipal Revenue Sharing

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