Whereas, prompt determination and certification of the municipal cost components in the Unorganized Territory Tax District are necessary to the establishment of a mill rate and the levy of the Unorganized Territory Educational and Services Tax; and

Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, therefore,

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. Municipal cost components for services rendered. In accordance with the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 36, chapter 115, the Legislature determines that the net municipal cost component for services and reimbursements to be rendered in fiscal year 2001-02 is as follows:

Audit - Fiscal Administration $108,207

Education 10,634,540

Forest Fire Protection 150,000

Human Services - General Assistance 76,610

Property Tax Assessment - Operations 564,874

Maine Land Use Regulation Commission -

Operations 189,844

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TOTAL STATE AGENCIES $11,724,075

County Reimbursements for Services:

Aroostook $592,930

Franklin 683,330

Hancock 64,888

Kennebec 7,035

Oxford 322,768

Penobscot 711,564

Piscataquis 498,654

Somerset 657,858

Washington 336,580