Constitution, Art. IX, §8, sub-§5 is enacted to read:

5.__Tax relief for older citizens.__Beginning with the property tax year that starts April 1, 2000, any person having legal or beneficial title to real property in this State and who is liable for property taxes is entitled to property tax relief for that portion of the property for which relief is sought consisting of the principal dwelling and no more than 10 contiguous acres if the person in any year that relief is sought:

A.__Is a permanent resident of this State;

B.__Is 65 years of age or older and any adults domiciled with the person are 65 years of age or older;

C.__Occupies as a home the real property for which the person seeks relief; and

D.__Earns less than 110% of the poverty income level as established in the most recent United States poverty guidelines issued in the Federal Register by the Department of Health and Human Services.

A person meeting the qualifications set out in this subsection may file a claim for property tax relief with the tax assessor of the municipality in which the property is located and, upon approval, shall pay the tax levied on that property for the first year a claim for relief is filed and may continue to pay in each subsequent year the same amount of tax or such lesser amount as may be levied against the real property.

; and be it further

Constitutional referendum procedure; form of question; effective date. Resolved: That the municipal officers of this State shall notify the inhabitants of their respective cities, towns and plantations to meet, in the manner prescribed by law for holding a statewide election, at a statewide election, on the Tuesday following the first Monday of November following the passage of this resolution, to vote upon the ratification of the amendment proposed in this resolution by voting upon the following question:

"Do you favor amending the Constitution of Maine as proposed by a resolution of the Legislature to freeze under certain