| | | 2.__Contributions credited to Maine Asthma and Lung Disease | | Research Fund.__The State Tax Assessor shall determine annually | | the total amount contributed pursuant to subsection 1.__Prior to | | the beginning of the next year, the State Tax Assessor shall | | deduct the cost, up to $2,000 annually, of administering the | | Maine Asthma and Lung Disease Research Fund checkoff and report | | the remainder to the Treasurer of State, who shall forward that | | amount to the Maine Asthma and Lung Disease Research Fund. |
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| | | Sec. 4. Application. This Act applies to tax years beginning on and | | after January 1, 2005. |
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| | | This bill establishes the Maine Asthma and Lung Disease | | Research Fund in the Department of Health and Human Services, | | Bureau of Health to provide grants for research into the health | | effects of indoor and outdoor air pollution and the prevention, | | causes, treatment and cure of lung diseases such as asthma, | | emphysema and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The funding | | source of the fund is a voluntary checkoff on the individual | | income tax form that allows a taxpayer to donate a portion of a | | tax refund or make a donation with the tax return. |
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