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Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, § 90-D: Public Comment Publication Fund, 2005

This section creates the Public Comment Publication Fund and requires its money to be used to publish the informational pamphlet. Any unobligated, unencumbered balance over $5,000 must be transfer…

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“This section creates the Public Comment Publication Fund and requires its money to be used to publish the informational pamphlet. Any unobligated, unencumbered balance over $5,000 must be transferred to the General Fund each December 1.”

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Public Comment Publication Fund

This section creates the Public Comment Publication Fund and requires its money to be used to publish the informational pamphlet. Any unobligated, unencumbered balance over $5,000 must be transferred to the General Fund each December 1.

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§ 90-DPublic Comment Publication FundProvision

This section creates the Public Comment Publication Fund and requires its money to be used to publish the informational pamphlet. Any unobligated, unencumbered balance over $5,000 must be transferred to the General Fund each December 1.

The Public Comment Publication Fund, referred to in this section as "the fund," is established as a nonlapsing fund within the Department of the Secretary of State. The fund consists of fees for public comment on constitutional resolutions and statewide referenda received by the Secretary of State pursuant to Title 1, section 354. The money in the fund must be used for the purpose of publishing the informational pamphlet that includes the public comment, explanatory statement and fiscal estimate pursuant to Title 1, section 354. The unobligated and unencumbered balance of the fund in excess of $5,000 as of December 1st of each year must be transferred to the General Fund. [PL 2005, c. 316, §3 (NEW).]
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