State Act

The Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act

1[82A. Annual grant by State Government from proceeds of land revenue, non-agricultural assessment and entertainment duty.— The State Government may, under appropriation duly made in this behalf, make a grant to each Corporation every year of such amount as it may, from time to time, determine, having regard to the proceeds of the land revenue and non-agricultural assessment levied and collected under the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966 (Mah. XLI of 1966) and the entertainments duty levied and collected under the 2Bombay Entertainments Duty Act, 1923 (Bom. 1 of 1923), by it in the area within the jurisdiction of the Corporation. The grant shall be made in such manner and shall be subject to such terms and conditions, as the State Government may, from time to time, determine. All moneys received by the Corporation by way of such grants shall be: credited to the Municipal Fund]: 3[Provided that it shall be competent for the State Government to deduct,— (a) from the grants made by the State Government, or (b) from any sum representing grant-in-aid or the share of the Corporation in the net proceeds of the taxes, duties, tolls and fees levied by the State and distributed by the State Government on the recommendation of the Finance Commission, any amount which is due to the State Government, or to any Government Corporation, a Government Company, or to any other statutory authority constituted by the Government of Maharashtra : Provided further that before making such deductions, the Corporation’s say in the matter shall be considered by Government.]