Sec. N-3. 36 MRSA §4068, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2003, c. 673, Pt. D, §6 and affected by §9, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

3.__No tax liability. In all cases where there is no Maine estate tax liability:

A. If the personal representative makes no election pursuant to section 4062, subsection 2-B, the personal representative, surviving joint tenant of real estate or any other person whose real estate might be subject to a lien for taxes pursuant to this chapter may at any time file with the assessor in the form prescribed by the assessor a statement of the value of the federal gross estate; and

B. If the personal representative makes an election pursuant to section 4062, subsection 2-B, the personal representative shall make such election on a timely filed return.__The return must be in the form prescribed by the assessor and it must be accompanied by a copy of the federal estate tax return, if any, and other supporting documentation that the assessor may require, including documentation related to an election made pursuant to section 4062, subsection 2-B.

Sec. N-4. Application. Those sections of this Part that repeal and replace the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 36, section 4062, subsection 1-A and section 4068, subsection 3 and enact Title 36, section 4062, subsections 2-A and 2-B apply to estates of decedents dying on or after January 1, 2005.

PART O

Sec. O-1. 36 MRSA §1752, sub-§12 is amended to read:

12. Rooming house. "Rooming house" means every house, cottage, condominium unit, vacation home, boat, vehicle, motor court, trailer court or other structure or any place or location kept, used, maintained, advertised or held out to the public to be a place where living quarters are supplied for pay to transient or permanent guests or tenants, whether in one or adjoining buildings.

Sec. O-2. 36 MRSA §1754-B, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1997, c. 504, §8, is further amended to read: