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An Act To Direct Vehicle Excise Tax Revenue for Local Transportation Infrastructure
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 36 MRSA §1489, as amended by PL 1985, c. 459, Pt. C, §12, is further amended to read:
§ 1489.Crediting and apportionment of tax received
 
1. Municipal excise tax account.   In municipalities the treasurer shall credit money received from excise taxes to an excise tax account, from which it may. Funds from that account may be appropriated by the municipality only for any purpose for which a municipality may appropriate moneymaintenance or improvement of transportation infrastructure within that municipality.
 
SUMMARY
This bill provides that revenue received by a municipality from the vehicle excise tax must be used for maintenance or improvement of transportation infrastructure within that municipality.