| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 36 MRSA §198, sub-§3, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 708, §20, | is amended to read: |
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| B. Chapter 105, subchapters subchapter IV and IV-B. |
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| | Sec. 2. 36 MRSA §501, sub-§§1-A, 4-A, 6-A and 11 are enacted to read: |
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| | 1-A. Commercial, agricultural and industrial property.__ | "Commercial, agricultural and industrial property" means all real | estate and tangible personal property subject to property | taxation used or held for use for a business purpose. |
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| | 4-A.__Permanent residence.__"Permanent residence" means that | place where an individual has a true, fixed and permanent home | and principal establishment to which the individual, whenever | absent, has the intention of returning.__An individual may have | only one permanent residence at a time and, once permanent | residence is established, that residence is presumed to continue | until circumstances indicate otherwise. |
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| | 6-A. Primary residential property. "Primary residential | property" means any residential property in this State assessed | as real property owned by a resident of the property or held in a | revocable living trust for the benefit of a resident and occupied | by that resident as the resident's permanent residence.__"Primary | residential property" does not include any real property used | solely for commercial, agricultural or industrial purposes. |
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| | 11.__Tracts of undeveloped property not enrolled in a current | use taxation program.__"Tracts of undeveloped property not | enrolled in a current use taxation program" means any separately | deeded parcel of land 10 acres or greater in size that is | completely undeveloped and supports no buildings, improvements or | structures of any kind and that is not classified for current use | taxation under subchapter II-A or subchapter X. |
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| | Sec. 3. 36 MRSA §507, as amended by PL 1997, c. 643, Pt. HHH, §2 | and affected by §10, is further amended to read: |
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| §507. Taxpayer information |
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| | When a municipality issues a property tax bill to each | taxpayer, each bill must contain a statement or calculation that | demonstrates the amount or percentage by which the taxpayer's tax | has been reduced by the distribution of state-municipal revenue | sharing, state reimbursement for the Maine resident homestead | property tax exemption and state aid for education. The property |
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