Section 12. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, of that portion of the amounts deposited in the Deeds Excise Fund for each county from revenues collected pursuant to this chapter which represents 10.625 per cent of the taxes collected: (1) not more than 60 per cent of the deposits shall be disbursed and expended for meeting the costs of the operation and maintenance of the county; and (2) not less than 40 per cent shall be disbursed and expended for the automation, modernization and operation of the registries of deeds.
(b) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, with respect to funds appropriated for the purposes designated in clause (2) of subsection (a) and which are not dedicated to the Deeds Excise Fund in each county under section 11, the county budget shall provide a continuing amount of expenditure of not less than 102.5 per cent of the amount expended for that purpose in the preceding fiscal year.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Chapter 64d - Excise on Deeds, Instruments and Writings
Section 1 - Rate of Taxation; Instrument Excepted
Section 2 - Person Subject to Tax; Method of Denoting Payment; ''person'' Defined
Section 3 - Use of Stamps for Payment of Tax; Metering Machines, Etc.
Section 3a - Funds at Registries of Deeds for Purchase of Excise Stamps for Sale, Etc.
Section 3b - Reimbursement by State of Counties for Bond Premiums
Section 4 - Erroneously Affixed Stamps; Abatement
Section 6 - Powers and Duties of Commissioner; Penalty for Interference, False Entries, Etc.
Section 6a - Failure to Affix Stamps; Penalty
Section 6b - Refusal to Register; Lack of Required Stamps
Section 7 - Penalty for False Affixation of Stamps
Section 8 - Penalty for Illegal Removal of Stamp
Section 9 - Penalty for Fraudulent Use of Stamp
Section 10 - Disposition of Tax Receipts
Section 11 - Deeds Excise Fund