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transfers or 19 responsibilities. In addition, there are also other 5 responsibilities that

are not relating to any governmental agency or are new missions especially designed

got the special LAO of Ko Samui.

Based on power and responsibilities to deliver public services as

mentioned before, Ko Samui, recognized as the special LAO of Ko Samui, should

receive annual budget from 999,918,210 baht to 1,551,476,060 baht, which is the

amount that is suitable for and concurrent with the power and responsibilities to

deliver public services of the special LAO of Ko Samui. In other words, the special

LAO of Ko Samui should have revenue in each fiscal year that increases from the

current revenue of Nakhon Ko Samui Municipality for the range between

269,854,900 baht and 831,476,060 baht in order to have enough money for delivering

public services after Ko Samui is completely recognized as the special LAO of

Ko Samui. Nevertheless, the aforementioned amounts of budget have not covered

the expenses relating to resources and personnel transferred from the central

government, LAO or state enterprise and Surat Thani Provincial Administrative

Organization.
The increased income of the special LAO of Ko Samui will enable the

special LAO to rely on itself by modifying the structures of revenue sources in

different forms for appropriateness , in the respects of taxes, customs, fees, penalties

and other incomes such as property and building tax and local maintenance tax in

accordance with respective laws, fees for aircraft, fee for hotel business in the area of

Samui Island, admission fee from visitors entering the area of Nakhon Ko Samui

Municipality, fee for tourism, fee collected from people with no domicile in the area

of Nakhon Ko Samui Municipality, airport fee, guarantee money from big enterprises

with risk for damage in the area of Nakhon Ko Samui Municipality, subsidy from the

state, incomes from properties and incomes from infrastructures.