124th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1635		LR 2178(01)
	An Act To Avoid Unnecessary Removal of Land from the Maine Tree Growth Tax Law Program
	Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill
	Sponsor: Rep. Watson of Bath
	Committee: Taxation
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement
State Mandate - Unfunded
State Mandates
	Required Activity				Unit Affected	Local Cost
	Requiring local tax assessors to oversee a suspension process related to the Tree Growth Tax Law during which the status of the property must be monitored and the parcel is returned to Tree Growth status may mean extra time for compliance monitoring and reclassification work by local tax assessors.				Municipality	Insignificant statewide
	The required local activities in this bill may represent a State mandate pursuant to the Constitution of Maine.  Unless General Fund appropriations are provided to fund at least 90% of the additional costs or a Mandate Preamble is amended to the bill and two-thirds of the members of each House vote to exempt this mandate from the funding requirement, municipalities may not be required to implement these changes.
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	The administrative cost for Maine Revenue Services associated with this bill can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources.