SP0600, LD 1746, item 20, Document Text

Amend the amendment by striking out all of Part HH and inserting the following:

PART HH

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Sec. HH-1. 36 MRSA §5117 is enacted to read:

§ 5117. Tax equalization

For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2012, a tax equalization payment is imposed on every resident individual who is determined, solely on the basis of expanded income and with respect to the most recent tax incidence analysis report filed with the Legislature under section 200, to fall within the top 1% of Maine resident individual taxpayers.

1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

A. "Expanded income" means the income of the taxpayer determined pursuant to section 6201, subsection 9.

B. "State and local tax burden" means the average effective tax rate of all state and local taxes paid by all individual taxpayers in a class of taxpayers.

C. "Tax equalization gap" means the difference between the state and local tax burden for the top 1% of taxpayers and the state and local tax burden for the bottom 99% of taxpayers based on expanded income as identified in the most recent tax incidence analysis report filed with the Legislature under section 200.

2. Partial tax equalization rate. By September 15, 2012 and annually thereafter, the State Tax Assessor shall calculate the tax equalization gap. The partial tax equalization rate is the lesser of the tax equalization gap and the rate specified in this subsection and may not be less than zero. The partial tax equalization rate specified in this subsection applies to the tax years that begin during the calendar year during which the rate is calculated. For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2012, the partial tax equalization rate is .082%.

3. Tax equalization payment amount. The tax equalization payment amount under this section for any taxable year is equal to the partial tax equalization rate for that taxable year determined in accordance with subsection 2 multiplied by the expanded income of the taxpayer for the taxable year. For the purposes of this subsection, the expanded income of the taxpayer is the total expanded income for the income tax filing unit regardless of income tax filing status.

4. Payment; enforcement. The State Tax Assessor shall provide for the reporting and payment of the tax equalization payment on individual income tax forms. The tax equalization payment is not income tax for the purposes of this Part. The provisions of this Title applying to the collection and enforcement of income taxes apply to the collection and enforcement of the tax equalization payment except that an obligation to pay estimated taxes under section 5228 does not apply with regard to the tax equalization payment. Income tax credits available under chapter 822 do not apply with regard to the tax equalization payment.

5. Rules. The State Tax Assessor may adopt rules, which are routine technical rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A, to implement this section.

PART II

Sec. II-1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY BDS)

Mental Health Services - Community 0121

Initiative: Provides funds to offset a 6% reduction in mobile outreach crisis contracts in Part A of this Act.

GENERAL FUND 2011-12 2012-13

All Other
$0 $277,500

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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $277,500

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY BDS)

DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2011-12 2012-13

GENERAL FUND
$0 $277,500

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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $0 $277,500

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS)

FHM - Drugs for the Elderly and Disabled Z015

Initiative: Restores funding for the Medicare savings program.

FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE 2011-12 2012-13

All Other
$0 $1,219,908

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FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL $0 $1,219,908

FHM - Medical Care 0960

Initiative: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, adjusts funding by increasing funding in the Medical Care - Payments to Providers program and decreasing funding in the FHM - Medical Care program to reflect a redistribution of funding within the Fund for a Healthy Maine.

FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE 2011-12 2012-13

All Other
$0 ($1,219,908)

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FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL $0 ($1,219,908)

Low-cost Drugs To Maine's Elderly 0202

Initiative: Restores funding for the Low-cost Drugs To Maine's Elderly program.

GENERAL FUND 2011-12 2012-13

All Other
$0 $112,154

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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $112,154