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Maine Public Library Fund State Income Tax Check off
Last session, the Maine State Legislature approved adding a "Maine Public Library Fund "check off to the 2012 state income tax forms.  In addition to receiving adequate funding to pay for this addition to the CP (voluntary check off form) - the cost of which is not yet known,  the Fund must raise $10,000 for calendar year 2012 with increasing increments of $3,000 each year until $25,000 is reached in 2017 and succeeding years.
The following is a quote from the law Sec. 1. 27 MRSA Subsection 8
Maine Public Library Fund
"...The fund is administered by the State Librarian.  All money deposited in the fund and the earnings on that money remain in the fund to be used to provide grants to free public libraries for use in providing services identified as priority services by the State Librarian..."
Priority will be given to grants that benefit all or a significant number of Maine public libraries (e.g. downloadable books, van delivery, programs that all can attend, special consultant services from which all can benefit; reciprocity agreements among libraries)
Please inform everyone you possibly can about this opportunity.
All tax check offs are on form CP.  The Maine Public Library Fund will be on line 8 just before the total amount line.  Transfer the amount checked off on form CP to line 32 on the long or short form 1040ME.
Maine taxpayers using the I-File system will also see the Maine Public Library Fund on line 8 of the Schedule CP voluntary contributions page.