An Act To Restore Revenue Sharing
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 0492
Committee: Taxation
Sponsors: TEPLER, MASTRACCIO, NADEAU, LIBBY, GILLWAY, HUBBELL, MADIGAN, PERRY, SPEAR, STANLEY, KATZ
Amends: 30-A MRSA §5681

Legislative Document
No. 492
H.P. 355
House of Representatives, February 9, 2017
An Act To Restore Revenue Sharing
Reference to the Committee on Taxation suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative TEPLER of Topsham.
Cosponsored by Representatives: MASTRACCIO of Sanford, NADEAU of Winslow, Senator 
LIBBY of Androscoggin and Representatives: GILLWAY of Searsport, HUBBELL of Bar 
Harbor, MADIGAN of Rumford, PERRY of Calais, SPEAR of South Thomaston, STANLEY 
of Medway, Senator: KATZ of Kennebec.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  30-A MRSA §5681, sub-§5, as amended by PL 2015, c. 267, Pt. K, §1, is 
further amended to read: 
5.  Transfers to funds.  No later than the 10th day of each month, the State 
Controller shall transfer to the Local Government Fund 5% of the receipts during the 
previous month from the taxes imposed under Title 36, Parts 3 and 8, and Title 36, 
section 2552, subsection 1, paragraphs A to F and L, and credited to the General Fund 
without any reduction, except that for fiscal years 2015-16, 2016-17, and the first 3 
months of fiscal year 2017-18 and 2018-19 the amount transferred is 2% of the receipts 
during the previous month from the taxes imposed under Title 36, Parts 3 and 8, and Title 
36, section 2552, subsection 1, paragraphs A to F and L, and credited to the General Fund 
without any reduction, and except that the postage, state cost allocation program and 
programming costs of administering state-municipal revenue sharing may be paid by the 
Local Government Fund.  A percentage share of the amounts transferred to the Local 
Government Fund each month must be transferred to the Disproportionate Tax Burden 
Fund and distributed pursuant to subsection 4-B as follows: 
C.  For months beginning on or after July 1, 2009 but before July 1, 2010, 15%; 
D.  For months beginning on or after July 1, 2010 but before July 1, 2011, 16%; 
E.  For months beginning on or after July 1, 2011 but before July 1, 2012, 17%; 
F.  For months beginning on or after July 1, 2012 but before July 1, 2013, 18%; 
G.  For months beginning on or after July 1, 2013 but before July 1, 2014, 19%; and 
H.  For months beginning on or after July 1, 2014, 20%. 
Sec. 2.  30-A MRSA §5681, sub-§5-C, as amended by PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. J, §1, 
is further amended to read: 
5-C.  Transfers to General Fund.  For the months beginning on or after July 1, 
2009, $25,383,491 in fiscal year 2009-10, $38,145,323 in fiscal year 2010-11, 
$40,350,638 in fiscal year 2011-12, $44,267,343 in fiscal year 2012-13, $73,306,246 in 
fiscal year 2013-14 and, $85,949,391 in fiscal year 2014-15, $51,158,323 from October 
2017 to July 2018 and $34,662,264 in fiscal year 2018-19 from the total transfers 
pursuant to subsection 5 must be transferred to General Fund undedicated revenue.  The 
amounts transferred to General Fund undedicated revenue each fiscal year pursuant to 
this subsection must be deducted from the distributions required by subsections 4-A and 
4-B based on the percentage share of the transfers to the Local Government Fund 
pursuant to subsection 5.  The reductions in this subsection must be allocated to each 
month proportionately based on the budgeted monthly transfers to the Local Government 
Fund as determined at the beginning of the fiscal year. 
SUMMARY 
Currently, state-municipal revenue sharing is decreased from 5% to 2% for fiscal 
years 2017-18 and 2018-19; it reverts to 5% beginning with fiscal year 2019-20. 
This bill reverts the percentage of state-municipal revenue sharing to 5% beginning 
October 1, 2017 but then requires a fixed portion of that amount to be transferred to the 
General Fund beginning in October 2017 and for all of fiscal year 2018-19.