Sec. 1. 36 MRSA §383, sub-§4, ¶¶A and B, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 32, §1, are amended to read:

A. Maine Tree Growth Tax Law, section 578; and

B. Veterans' property tax exemptions, section 653; and.

Sec. 2. 36 MRSA §383, sub-§4, ¶C, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 32, §1, is repealed.

Sec. 3. 36 MRSA §507, first ¶, as amended by PL 1997, c. 643, Pt. HHH, §2 and affected by §10, is further amended to read:

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 tax bill must contain a statement of the assessed value of a homestead, before and after the calculation of a Maine resident homestead property tax exemption, and the amount of the exemption applied to the homestead. The State Tax Assessor shall annually provide each municipality with the amount of state-municipal revenue sharing and state aid for education subject to identification under this section.

Sec. 4. 36 MRSA c. 105, sub-c. 4-B, as amended, is repealed.

Sec. 5. 36 MRSA §6201, sub-§11-A, as amended by PL 1999, c. 401, Pt. R, §1 and affected by §2, is further amended to read:

11-A. Rent constituting property taxes accrued for nonelderly household. "Rent constituting property taxes accrued for nonelderly household" means 18% 20% of the gross rent actually paid in cash or its equivalent in any tax year by a claimant and the claimant's household solely for the right of occupancy of their Maine homestead in the tax year and which rent constitutes the basis, in the succeeding calendar year, of a claim for relief under this chapter by the claimant.

Sec. 6. 36 MRSA §6207, sub-§1, ¶A-1, as amended by PL 1997, c. 557, Pt. A, §3 and affected by Pt. G, §1, is further amended to read:

A-1. Fifty percent of that portion of the benefit base that exceeds 4% 3% but does not exceed 8% 6% of income plus 100%