| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §411, first ¶, as repealed and replaced by PL 1995, c. | 186, §1, is amended to read: |
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| | The commissioner may pay an amount not to exceed 80% of the | expense of a municipal or quasi-municipal pollution abatement | construction program or a pollution abatement construction | program in an unorganized township or plantation authorized by | the county commissioners. The commissioner may make payments to | the Maine Municipal Bond Bank to supply the State's share of the | revolving loan fund established by Title 30-A, section 6006-A. | The commissioner may pay up to 90% of the expense of a municipal | or quasi-municipal pollution abatement construction program or a | pollution abatement construction program in an unorganized | township or plantation authorized by the county commissioners in | which the construction cost of the project does not exceed | $100,000 as long as total expenditures for the small projects do | not exceed $1,000,000 in any fiscal year and not more than one | grant is made to any applicant each year, except that the | commissioner may pay a percentage of the cost of individual | projects serving single-family dwellings, seasonal dwellings or | commercial establishments according to the following schedule: |
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| ANNUAL INCOME | | SEASONAL | COMMERCIAL |
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| $0 to $5,000 | 100% | 25% | 50% |
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| $5,001 to $20,000 | 90% | 25% | 50% |
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| $20,001 to $30,000 | 50% | 25% | 50% |
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| $30,001 to $40,000 | 25% | 25% | 25% |
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| | Sec. 2. 38 MRSA §411, 2nd ¶, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 186, §2, is | amended to read: |
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| | For the purposes of this section, "annual income" means the | sum of all the property owner's federal taxable income for the | previous year for single-family or seasonal dwellings and gross | profit for commercial establishments. |
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