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Item 1

 
Sec. 16. 36 MRSA §655, sub-§1, ¶P, as amended by PL 1997, c. 24, Pt. U,
§1, is further amended to read:

 
P. All items of individually owned personal property with
a just value of less than $1,000, except:

 
(1) Items used for industrial or commercial purposes;
and

 
(2) Vehicles and camp trailers as defined in section
1481 not subject to an excise tax; and

 
Sec. 17. 36 MRSA §655, sub-§1, ¶S, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 555, §1,
is amended to read:

 
S. Mining property as provided in section 2854.; and

 
Sec. 18. 36 MRSA §655, sub-§1, ¶T is enacted to read:

 
T.__All property described in section 6651, subsection 3
that would first be subject to taxation under this chapter
after April 1, 2004.

 
Sec. 19. 36 MRSA c. 105, sub-c. 4-B, as amended, is repealed.

 
Sec. 20. 36 MRSA §709, as amended by PL 1975, c. 651, §7, is
further amended to read:

 
§709. Assessment and commitment

 
The assessors shall assess upon the estates in their
municipality all taxes for public education from kindergarten
to grade 12 in accordance with subchapter 1-A and all
municipal taxes and their due proportion of any state or
county tax payable during the municipal year for which
municipal taxes are being raised, 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 the sheriff's
deputy, with a warrant under their hands, in the form
prescribed by section 753.

 
Sec. 21. 36 MRSA §709-A, first ¶, as amended by PL 1973, c. 788, §184,
is further amended to read:

 
The municipal officers after receipt of the valuation lists
from the primary assessing areas shall assess upon the estates
in their municipality all taxes for public education from
kindergarten to grade 12 in accordance with subchapter 1-A and


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