| | Constitutional amendment. Resolved: Two thirds of each branch of the | Legislature concurring, that the following amendment to the | Constitution of Maine be proposed: |
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| | Constitution, Art. IX, §8, sub-§6 is enacted to read: |
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| | 6.__Valuation of Maine resident property.__The Legislature | shall require municipalities to establish a fixed valuation of | property owned by a permanent resident of Maine within that | municipality.__The valuation of Maine resident-owned property | may not increase for the time that the property is owned by | that Maine resident.__Upon transfer of the property to a non- | Maine resident, the valuation may increase to the just value | as determined by the assessors of the taxing municipality.__If | the property is transferred to another permanent Maine | resident, the valuation of the property remains at the same | value as when last owned by the transferor.__The valuation of | property owned by a person who is not a permanent resident of | Maine must continue to increase according to the just value of | that property. |
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| | Constitutional referendum procedure; form of question; effective date. Resolved: That | the municipal officers of this State shall notify the | inhabitants of their respective cities, towns and plantations | to meet, in the manner prescribed by law for holding a | statewide election, at a statewide election, on the Tuesday | following the first Monday of November following the passage | of this resolution, to vote upon the ratification of the | amendment proposed in this resolution by voting upon the | following question: |
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| "Do you favor amending the Constitution of Maine to | require the Legislature to require municipalities to fix | the value of property owned by a Maine resident at a level | that does not change until the property is transferred to | a nonresident of Maine and requiring the value of property | owned by non-Maine residents to increase according to just | value assessment?" |
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| | The legal voters of each city, town and plantation shall | vote by ballot on this question and designate their choice by | a cross or check mark placed within the corresponding square | below the word "Yes" or "No." The ballots must be received, | sorted, counted and declared in open ward, town and plantation | meetings and returns made to the Secretary of State in the | same manner as votes for members of the Legislature. The | Governor shall review the returns and, if it appears that a | majority of the legal votes are cast in favor of the | amendment, the Governor shall proclaim that fact without delay | and the amendment becomes part of the |
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