"Do you favor amending the Constitution of Maine to allow the Legislature to provide for an assessment of lands used for long-term ownership based on current use and to impose a penalty for change to higher use, which would be a transfer outside of the immediate family or by other than a designated bequest?"

The legal voters of each city, town and plantation shall vote by ballot on this question and designate their choice by a cross or check mark placed within the corresponding square below the word "Yes" or "No." The ballots must be received, sorted, counted and declared in open ward, town and plantation meetings and returns made to the Secretary of State in the same manner as votes for members of the Legislature. The Governor shall review the returns and, if it appears that a majority of the legal votes are cast in favor of the amendment, the Governor shall proclaim that fact without delay and the amendment becomes part of the Constitution of Maine on the date of the proclamation; and be it further

Secretary of State shall prepare ballots. Resolved: That the Secretary of State shall prepare and furnish to each city, town and plantation all ballots, returns and copies of this resolution necessary to carry out the purposes of this referendum.

SUMMARY

This constitutional resolution proposes to add another category of land, that is land used for long-term ownership, or generational family ownership, that may be assessed based on current use and against which a penalty may be imposed if it is transferred outside of the immediate family or by other than a designated bequest.