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all municipal taxes and their due proportion of any state or | | county tax, make perfect lists thereof and commit the same, when | | completed and signed by a majority of them, to the tax collector | | of their municipality, if any, otherwise to the sheriff of the | county or his | | hands in the form prescribed by section 753. |
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| | | Sec. 22. 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: |
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| | | 11-A. Rent constituting property taxes accrued for | | nonelderly household. "Rent constituting property taxes | accrued for nonelderly household" means 18% | | 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. |
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| | | Sec. 23. Legislative duties. During the Second Regular Session of the | | 121st Legislature and as directed by the voters pursuant to | | the referendum required by this Act, the Joint Standing | | Committee on Taxation shall report out revenue-neutral | | legislation designed to generate the additional revenue | | necessary to provide adequate funding for public education | | from kindergarten to grade 12 pursuant to the Maine Revised | | Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15658-A and may include any | | further legislation necessary to implement the provisions of | | this Act. The legislation must include the changes to the | | sales tax receiving the higher number of votes at the | | referendum required by this Act. |
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| | | Sec. 24. Statutory referendum procedure; submission at statewide election; form of | | question; effective date. This Act takes effect when approved only for | | the purpose of permitting its submission to the legal voters | | of the State at a statewide election held on the Tuesday | | following the first Monday of November following passage of | | this Act. The municipal officers of this State shall notify | | the inhabitants of their respective cities, towns and | | plantations to meet, in the manner prescribed by law for | | holding a statewide election, to vote on the acceptance or | | rejection of this Act by voting on the following question: |
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| | | "If an amendment to the Constitution of Maine is approved | | permitting the Legislature to establish different maximum | | property tax rates for different classes of property and the | | Legislature has enacted legislation that provisionally | | provides property tax relief by establishing a maximum | | property tax rate of 12 mills for secondary residential |
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