An Act To Authorize the Sale of Surplus Property to Nonprofit Animal Shelters
Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §1828, sub-§1, ¶B, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 386, Pt. H, §10, is amended to read:
(1) A public or private nonprofit entity that owns or operates a project or facility for the homeless;
(2) A nonprofit organization that has been determined to be exempt from taxation under the United States Internal Revenue Code, Section 501(c) and that provides services to persons with physical or mental handicaps as defined in section 4553, subsection 7-A; or
(3) A nonprofit organization that has been determined to be exempt from taxation under the United States Internal Revenue Code, Section 501(c) and that contracts with the Department of Health and Human Services to provide vehicles to low-income families to assist them in participating in work, education or training . ; or
(4) A nonprofit organization that has been determined to be exempt from taxation under the United States Internal Revenue Code, Section 501(c) and that houses animals and operates for the purpose of providing stray, abandoned, abused or owner-surrendered animals with sanctuary or finding the animals temporary or permanent adoptive homes.
Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §1828, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 386, Pt. H, §10, is amended to read:
SUMMARY
This bill allows nonprofit animal shelters to be considered qualifying nonprofit organizations for purposes of purchasing surplus property from the State.