Whereas, prompt determination and certification of the municipal cost components in the Unorganized Territory Tax District are necessary to the establishment of a mill rate and the levy of the Unorganized Territory Educational and Services Tax; and

Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, therefore,

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. Municipal cost components for services rendered. In accordance with the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 36, chapter 115, the Legislature determines that the net municipal cost component for services and reimbursements to be rendered in fiscal year 2005-06 is as follows:

Audit - Fiscal Administration $118,207

Education 11,503,645

Forest Fire Protection 160,000

Human Services - General Assistance 72,250

Property Tax Assessment - Operations 672,688

Maine Land Use Regulation Commission -

Operations 194,629

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TOTAL STATE AGENCIES $12,721,419

County Reimbursements for Services:

Aroostook $676,752

Franklin 600,716

Hancock 130,808

Kennebec 5,977

Oxford 408,363

Penobscot 722,554

Piscataquis 724,671

Somerset 840,286

Washington 499,615