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LR 362
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rate of tax is 7% on the value of liquor sold in licensed
establishments as defined in Title 28-A, section 2, subsection 15,
in accordance with Title 28-A, chapter 43; 7% on the value of
rental of living quarters in any hotel, rooming house or tourist or
trailer camp; 10% on the value of rental for a period of less than
one year of an automobile; 7% on the value of prepared food; and
5% 2% on the value of all other tangible personal property and
taxable services. Value is measured by the sale price, except as
otherwise provided.

 
Sec. 85. 36 MRSA §1811, last ¶, as repealed and replaced by PL 2003,
c. 510, Pt. C, §12 and affected by §13, is amended to read:

 
Rental or lease of an automobile for one year or more must be
taxed at the time of the lease or rental transaction at 5% 2% of
the following: the total monthly lease payment multiplied by the
number of payments in the lease or rental, the amount of equity
involved in any trade-in and the value of any cash down payment.
Collection and remittance of the tax is the responsibility of the
person that negotiates the lease transaction with the lessee.

 
Sec. 86. 36 MRSA §1863, as enacted by PL 1981, c. 503, is repealed.

 
Sec. 87. 36 MRSA §1864, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 439, Pt. II, §1
and affected by §2, is repealed.

 
Sec. 88. 36 MRSA §2012, as amended by PL 1967, c. 88, is repealed.

 
Sec. 89. 36 MRSA §2013, as amended by PL 2001, c. 396, §24, is
repealed.

 
Sec. 90. 36 MRSA §2014, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 560, §§4 and 6,
is repealed.

 
Sec. 91. 36 MRSA §2551, sub-§§1-B to 1-G, 3-A, 4-A, 5-A, 5-B, 7-A, 12-A, 18-A and 20-
A are enacted to read:

 
1-B.__Administrative and support services.__"Administrative
and support services" means purchases of office administrative
services, facilities support services, employment services,
business support services, travel arrangement and reservation
services, investigation and security services, services to
buildings and dwellings, waste management and remediation
services and all other support services.


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