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A. If the property is an automobile, as defined in Title
29-A, section 101, subsection 7, and if the owner was, at
the time of purchase, a resident of the other state and
either employed or registered to vote there;

 
A-1. If the property is a watercraft or all-terrain vehicle
that is registered outside the State by an owner who at the
time of purchase was a resident of another state and the
watercraft or all-terrain vehicle is present in the State
not more than 30 days during the 12 months following its
purchase for a purpose other than temporary storage; or

 
A-2.__If the property is a snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle
as defined in Title 12, section 13001 and the purchaser is
not a resident of the State; or

 
B. For more than 12 months in all other cases.

 
For purposes of this subsection, "use" does not include storage,
but means actual utilization of the property for a purpose
consistent with its design. Property, other than automobiles,
watercraft, snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles, that is
required to be registered for use in this State does not qualify
for this exemption unless it was registered by its present owner
outside this State more than 12 months prior to its registration
in this State. If property required to be registered for use in
this State was not required to be registered for use outside this
State, the owner must be able to document actual use of the
property outside this State for more than 12 months prior to its
registration in this State. For purposes of this subsection,
"use" does not include storage but means actual use of the
property for a purpose consistent with its design.

 
Sec. 25. 36 MRSA §1764, as amended by PL 2005, c. 12, Pt. O, §3 and
affected by §5, is further amended to read:

 
§1764. Tax against certain casual sales

 
The tax imposed by chapters 211 to 225 must be levied upon all
casual rentals of living quarters in a hotel, rooming house or
tourist or trailer camp and upon all casual sales involving the
sale of camper trailers, truck campers, motor vehicles, special
mobile equipment except farm tractors and lumber harvesting
vehicles or loaders, livestock trailers, watercraft or aircraft
except those sold for resale at retail sale or to a corporation,
partnership, limited liability company or limited liability
partnership when the seller is the owner of a majority of the
common stock of the corporation or of the ownership interests in
the partnership, limited liability company or limited liability
partnership. This section does not apply to


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