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An Act To Exempt Persons 65 Years of Age or Older Whose Income Is below the Poverty Line from Paying Property Taxes on Their Homes
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  36 MRSA §654, sub-§2  is enacted to read:
 
2.  Income below poverty thresholds.     The homestead as defined in section 681, subsection 2 of a person who is 65 years of age or older and whose household income as defined in section 6201, subsection 7 is below the poverty thresholds for persons 65 years of age or older most recently established by the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
 
SUMMARY
This bill provides an exemption from property taxes for the homestead of a person who is 65 years of age or older and whose income is below certain poverty thresholds.