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collected must be paid to the regional land management information | | provider as identified in the regional land use management | | information plan as approved by the Executive Department, State | | Planning Office.__All funds must be used to implement and maintain | | the regional land use management information system. |
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| | | 3.__Funding for Geographic Referencing Assistance Fund.__The | | Treasurer of State monthly shall pay the funds received pursuant | | to subsection 2 to the Department of Administrative and Financial | | Services, Office of Geographic Information Systems, which shall | | deposit the funds in the Geographic Referencing Assistance Fund | | created in Title 5, section 1890-I.__These funds must be used to | | implement the State's role within the Land Use Management | | Information System as approved by the State Planning Office. |
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| | | 4.__No effect on recording.__Failure to comply with the | | requirements of this chapter does not affect the validity of any | | recorded instrument or the validity of any recordation. |
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| | | Sec. 2. Allocation. The following funds are allocated from Other | | Special Revenue funds to carry out the purposes of this Act. |
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| | | ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, |
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| | | Geographic Referencing Assistance Fund |
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| | | Positions - Legislative Count | | (1.000) |
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| | | Provides for funds that the Office of | | Geographic Information Systems, in | | consultation with the State Planning Office, | | shall use to develop, coordinate and maintain | | a regionally based geographic information | | system and to assist regional councils and | | municipalities in the development and use of | | geographic information systems and other | | related geographic referencing tools for | | tracking patterns of development and | | associated land use planning. |
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| | | This bill adds a $15 surcharge to the cost of recording deeds | | subject to the real estate transfer tax. Of revenues generated, | | less 10% to cover counties' cost of administering the surcharge, | | 25% will be used by the Office of Geographic Information Systems, | | in coordination with the State Planning Office, to develop, | | coordinate and maintain a regionally based, coordinated | | geographic information system. The remaining 65% of surcharge | | revenues will be disbursed by each county to its designated | | regional service provider to enhance the ability of regional | | councils and municipalities to develop and use geographic | | information systems technology and related tools to track | | patterns of development and plan for development in accordance | | with the objectives of the State's "Smart Growth" initiative. |
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