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Sec. A-72. Application. This Part applies to school budgets passed
for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005, and thereafter.

 
Sec. A-73. Effective date. Except for that portion of this Part that
enacts the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15754 and
that portion that amends Title 30-A, section 2181, subsection 4,
paragraph E, and except for sections 66 to 71, this Part takes
effect July 1, 2005.

 
PART B

 
Sec. B-1. 36 MRSA §1752, sub-§1-H is enacted to read:

 
1-H.__Amusements.__"Amusements" means use of pleasure
aircraft, bowling, billiards, sports and recreational activities,
basic cable television services, basic satellite television
services, theaters, entertainment, motion pictures, commercial
amusements, commercial participant amusements, sightseeing,
spectator sports, arcades, taxidermy and swimming pool
installation, repair, cleaning and maintenance.

 
Sec. B-2. 36 MRSA §1752, sub-§17-B, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 673, Pt.
V, §19 and affected by §29, is amended to read:

 
17-B. Taxable service. "Taxable service" means the rental of
living quarters in a hotel, rooming house,or tourist or trailer
camp; the transmission and distribution of electricity; the
rental or lease of an automobile; amusements; and the sale of
prepaid calling service.

 
Sec. B-3. 36 MRSA §1811, first ¶, as amended by PL 2001, c. 439, Pt.
TTTT, §2 and affected by §3, is further amended to read:

 
A tax is imposed on the value of all tangible personal
property and taxable services sold at retail in this State. The
rate of tax is 7% on the value of liquor sold in licensed
establishments as defined in Title 28-A, section 2, subsection
15, in accordance with Title 28-A, chapter 43; 7% on the value of
rental of living quarters in any hotel, rooming house or tourist
or trailer camp; 7% on the value of the rental for recreational
purposes of boat moorings and docks; 10% on the value of rental
for a period of less than one year of an automobile; 7% on the
value of prepared food; and 5% 5 1/2% on the value of all other
tangible personal property and taxable services. Value is
measured by the sale price, except as otherwise provided.

 
Sec. B-4. Effective date. This Part takes effect March 1, 2006.


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