Redistribution legislation amended

The Sejm has amended the financial redistribution law that forced richer voivodships to pay into a pool of money for redistribution to poorer voivodships. The law is a special temporary provision that will cap the limit of money paid into the fund at 35 percent of a given voivodship's income. Later this cap may be as low as 25 percent. The amount to be contributed will be based on the previous year's budget. PLN 268 million will be the new, higher cap that can be paid out to poorer regions. The money will be used for road construction or other investments, reported IAR. Mazowsze voivodship, the highest contributor into the fund, was seeking an amendment, stating hardships from the burden of redistribution. The law has been nicknamed "Janosik law" after the Polish-Slovak historical figure closely resembling Robin Hood.