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| Sec. 5. 36 MRSA §652, sub-§1, śC, as amended by PL 1997, c. 442, §3, is | | further amended by amending subparagraphs (2) and (4) to read: |
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| | | (2) A director, trustee, officer or employee of an | | organization claiming exemption is not entitled to | | receive directly or indirectly any pecuniary profit | | from the operation of that organization, excepting | | reasonable compensation for services in effecting its | | purposes or as a proper beneficiary of its strictly | benevolent or charitable purposes;. |
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| | | For the purposes of this subparagraph, "reasonable | | compensation" means compensation levels falling within | | the salary ranges pertinent to the employment and | | compensation classifications listed in a publication of | | the Department of Labor that lists Maine occupational | | wages.__With respect to benefits, the standard of | | "reasonable compensation" is met if the aggregate value | | of all benefits, perquisites, bonuses and other | | employee incentives do not exceed 30% of the aggregate | | salary provided to all compensated directors, trustees, | | officers, employees and agents of the organization; |
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| | (4) The Between January 1st and April 1st of each | | year, the institution, organization or corporation | | claiming exemption under this subsection shall file | with the tax assessors upon their request and cause to | | be published in a daily newspaper of general | | circulation in the community a report for its preceding | | fiscal year in such detail as the tax assessors may | | reasonably require, including at a minimum: a | | description of the actual charitable services provided | | by that organization; a demonstration of how that | | organization publicizes the availability of the | | charitable services it provides; a breakdown of the | | sources of the resources used by the organization to | | provide the charitable services, including both private | | contributions and federal, state and local revenues; | | tax expenditures; and such accounting as may be | | necessary to calculate the total value of unreimbursed | | gifts to the community, the region and the State, as | | applicable; |
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| | | Sec. 6. 36 MRSA §652, sub-§1, śL, as enacted by PL 1977, c. 487, is | | repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 7. 36 MRSA §652, sub-§1, śM is enacted to read: |
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