Sec. 1. 18-A MRSA §1-602, sub-§(2), ¶¶(xix) and (xx), as enacted by PL 1997, c. 18, §1, are amended to read:

(xix) $1,500,001 to $2,000,000, $700; or

(xx) More than $2,000,000 $2,000,001 to $2,500,000, $750.;

Sec. 2. 18-A MRSA §1-602, sub-§(2), ¶¶(xxi) to (xxxvi) are enacted to read:

(xxi) $2,500,001 to $3,000,000, $800;

(xxii)__$3,000,001 to $3,500,000, $850;

(xxiii)__$3,500,001 to $4,000,000, $900;

(xxiv)__$4,000,001 to $4,500,000, $950;

(xxv)__$4,500,001 to $5,000,000, $1,000;

(xxvi)__$5,000,001 to $5,500,000, $1,050;

(xxvii)__$5,500,001 to $6,000,000, $1,100;

(xxviii)__$6,000,001 to $6,500,000, $1,150;

(xxix)__$6,500,001 to $7,000,000, $1,200;

(xxx)__$7,000,001 to $7,500,000, $1,250;

(xxxi)__$7,500,001 to $8,000,000, $1,300;

(xxxii)__$8,000,001 to $8,500,000, $1,350;

(xxxiii)__$8,500,001 to $9,000,000, $1,400;

(xxxiv)__$9,000,001 to $9,500,000, $1,450;

(xxxv)__$9,500,001 to $10,000,000, $1,500; or

(xxxvi)__More than $10,000,000, $1,550.

SUMMARY

This bill amends the Probate Code to increase the fees allowed a register of probate for receiving and entering a