Deputy Minister of Finance Liu Teng-cheng explains that after the law goes into effect, local governments (excluding Taipei and Kaohsiung special municipalities, as well as Taipei County, which is soon to be raised to that same administrative level) will see the share of their budgets funded locally rise from 50 % to 72 %. Local governments should no longer be so poor that they can't issue paychecks.
財政部次長劉燈城表示，修法後，地方政府（扣除北、高兩直轄市與準直轄市台北縣）的平均自有財源比率，將從現在的 50％提高為 72％，未來地方政府發不出薪水的窘境可望根除。