| E.__"State and local tax burden" means the total amount of | state and local taxes paid by Maine residents per $1,000 of | income, as determined annually by the State Tax Assessor | based on data from the United States Department of Commerce, | Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis. |
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| | 2.__County assessment limit.__Except as otherwise provided in | this section, a county may not in any year adopt a county | assessment that exceeds the county assessment limit established | in this subsection. |
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| A.__The county assessment limit for the first fiscal year | for which this section is effective is the county assessment | for the county for the immediately preceding fiscal year | multiplied by one plus the growth limitation factor pursuant | to subsection 3. |
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| B.__The county assessment limit for subsequent fiscal years | is the county assessment limit for the preceding year | multiplied by the growth limitation factor pursuant to | subsection 3. |
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| C.__If a previous year's county assessment reflects the | effect of extraordinary, nonrecurring events, the county may | submit a written notice to the State Tax Assessor requesting | an adjustment in its county assessment limit. |
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| | 3.__Growth limitation factor.__The growth limitation factor is | calculated as follows. |
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| A.__For__fiscal years when the State Tax Assessor has | determined that the state and local tax burden ranks in the | highest 1/3 of all states, the growth limitation factor is | average real personal income growth but no more than 2.75%, | plus the property growth factor. |
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| B.__For fiscal years when the state and local tax burden | ranks in the middle 1/3 of all states, as determined by the | State Tax Assessor, the growth limitation factor is the | average real personal income growth plus forecasted | inflation plus the property growth factor. |
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| | 4.__Adjustment for new state funding.__If__the State provides | net new funding to a county for existing services funded in whole | or in part by the county assessment, other than required state | mandate funds pursuant to section 5685 that do not displace | current county assessment expenditures, the county shall lower | its county assessment limit in that year in an amount equal to | the net new funds.__For purposes of this subsection, "net new | funds" means the amount of funds received by the county from the |
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