Whereas, prompt determination and certification of the municipal cost components in the Unorganized Territory Tax District are necessary to the establishment of a mill rate and the levy of the Unorganized Territory Educational and Services Tax; and

Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, therefore,

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. Municipal cost components for services rendered. In accordance with the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 36, chapter 115, the Legislature determines that the net municipal cost component for services and reimbursements to be rendered in fiscal year 2004-05 is as follows:

Audit - Fiscal Administration $108,207

Education 11,579,139

Forest Fire Protection 150,000

Human Services - General Assistance 78,750

Property Tax Assessment - Operations 658,453

173,000

Maine Land Use Regulation Commission -

Operations 223,374

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TOTAL STATE AGENCIES $12,970,923

County Reimbursements for Services:

Aroostook $658,963

Franklin 761,079

Hancock 106,923

Kennebec 7,770

Oxford 363,481

Penobscot 722,475

Piscataquis 721,385