LD 316
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Page 1 of 2 An Act To Repeal the Excise Tax on Motor Vehicles BY REQUEST LD 316 Title Page
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LR 469
Item 1

 
A. The excise tax levied in this section on a farm motor
truck having 2 or 3 axles, when such trucks are used primarily
for transportation of agricultural produce grown by the owner
on his farm or farms, shall be the 1/2 the annual amount
during the last 6 months of the registration year; and

 
B. The excise tax levied in this section on automobiles,
camper trailers, trucks and truck tractors is, during the
last 4 months of a registration year, 1/2 the sum named in
subsection 1, paragraph C.

 
Sec. 8. 36 MRSA §1482, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1973, c. 588, §9, is
repealed.

 
Sec. 9. 36 MRSA §1482, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1997, c. 200, §1, is
repealed.

 
Sec. 10. 36 MRSA §1482, sub-§5, as amended by PL 1997, c. 175, §1, is
repealed.

 
Sec. 11. 36 MRSA §1482, sub-§6, as amended by PL 1979, c. 666, §40, is
repealed and the following enacted in its place:

 
6.__Payment of tax; credit.__Payment of the excise tax due
must be paid before property taxes are committed to the excise
tax collector; otherwise the owner is subject to a personal
property tax.__When an excise tax is paid on a mobile home and
that mobile home is later in the same year assessed as real
estate, the excise tax paid must be allowed as a credit on the
real estate tax.

 
Sec. 12. 36 MRSA §1484, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1987, c. 769, Pt. A,
§152, is repealed.

 
Sec. 13. 36 MRSA §1491, as repealed and replaced by PL 1977, c.
696, §272, is repealed.

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill repeals the excise tax that is levied on motor
vehicles and camper trailers but retains the excise tax levied on
aircraft and mobile homes.


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