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families may resell a passenger vehicle or light truck purchased in | | the private sale to a low-income family to assist it in | | participating in work, education or training pursuant to the | | qualifying nonprofit organization's contract with the Department of | | Human Services.__The State reserves the right to refuse to sell | | additional equipment to a political subdivision, educational | | institution, fire department or qualifying nonprofit organization | | if it is determined that the political subdivision, educational | | institution, fire department or qualifying nonprofit organization | | has not retained the equipment for the required period of 6 months; |
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| | | Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §1813-A, sub-§1, śC, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 418, §3, | | is amended to read: |
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| | | C. "Qualifying nonprofit organization" means a public or | | private nonprofit entity that owns or operates a project or | facility for the homeless or | | has been determined to be exempt from taxation under the | | United States Internal Revenue Code, Section 501 (c) and | | that provides services to persons with physical or mental | | handicaps as defined in section 4553, subsection 7-A; or a | | nonprofit organization that has been determined to be exempt | | from taxation under the United States Internal Revenue Code, | | Section 501(c) and that contracts with the Department of | | Human Services to provide vehicles to low-income families to | | assist them in participating in work, education or training. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 5 MRSA §1813-A, sub-§2, as corrected by RR 2001, c. 2, Pt. A, | | §7, is amended to read: |
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| | | 2. Surplus property. Pursuant to this chapter and rules | | adopted under section 1813, the Department of Administrative and | | Financial Services through the Bureau of General Services shall | | allow private sales of surplus property to nonprofit | | organizations that contract with the Department of Human Services | | to provide affordable vehicles to low-income families to assist | | them in participating in work, education or training; to homeless | | shelter sponsors; and to educational institutions. |
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