Constitution, Art. IX, §8, sub-§6 is enacted to read:

6.__Valuation of Maine resident property.__The Legislature shall require municipalities to establish a fixed valuation of property owned by a permanent resident of Maine within that municipality.__The valuation of Maine resident-owned property may not increase for the time that the property is owned by that Maine resident.__Upon transfer of the property to a non- Maine resident, the valuation may increase to the just value as determined by the assessors of the taxing municipality.__If the property is transferred to another permanent Maine resident, the valuation of the property remains at the same value as when last owned by the transferor.__The valuation of property owned by a person who is not a permanent resident of Maine must continue to increase according to the just value of that property.

; and be it further

Constitutional referendum procedure; form of question; effective date. Resolved: That 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, at a statewide election, on the Tuesday following the first Monday of November following the passage of this resolution, to vote upon the ratification of the amendment proposed in this resolution by voting upon the following question:

"Do you favor amending the Constitution of Maine to require the Legislature to require municipalities to fix the value of property owned by a Maine resident at a level that does not change until the property is transferred to a nonresident of Maine and requiring the value of property owned by non-Maine residents to increase according to just value assessment?"

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