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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 theall cash balancereceipts 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