21.   Most states could collect sales taxes for the feds along with the ones they collect for themselves.

22.   Most other states collect DNA samples only from limited categories of convicted criminals, usually including sex offenders.

23.   Most states collect far more in tobacco taxes than they pay out in medical costs to treat smoking-related illnesses.

24.   New York state collects a lot of reports on campaign contributions, but not necessarily in a way anyone can understand.

25.   Other states collect the high Georgia rate only from Georgia-based companies while collecting lower rates from non-Georgia companies.

26.   She believes he overestimated tax revenues the state will collect from capital gains and stock options cashed by Californians.

27.   That figure is equal to the amount most states collected that year in tobacco excise taxes, he said.

28.   That way the state collects the sales tax and no laws are broken.

29.   The national organization also has required that all dues collected by states be sent to Dallas.

30.   The Pataki administration has proposed legislation that would severely restrict public access to any information the state collects in its efforts to thwart terrorists.