The communes or public establishments for inter-communal cooperation which, on 31 December 1983, collected the special tax on gross receipts from the sale of transport tickets by companies operating ski-lift equipment on the basis of a rate higher than 3% are allocated by the département, when the latter collects the tax referred to in article L. 3333-4, an allocation equal to the difference between the proceeds of the tax at the rate of 3% and that of the tax at the rate previously set. However, this is only the case if the municipalities concerned apply the 3% rate for the tax created by article L. 2333-49. This allocation is paid quarterly.
When communes or public establishments for inter-communal cooperation, which on 31 December 1983 levied the special tax referred to in the first paragraph at the rate of 5%, apply the tax created by article L. 2333-49 at the rate of 3%, the department may, if it has itself voted the same tax at the rate of 2%, rather than pay the grant provided for in the previous paragraph, subrogate the grouping of communes or the commune to levy the said tax, which it is entitled to.
Where the department does not collect the above tax, these communes or public establishments for inter-communal cooperation may collect the tax at the rate they had set for the special tax referred to in the first paragraph for the 1983 financial year.