An Act To Establish Municipal Cost Components for Unorganized Territory Services To Be Rendered in Fiscal Year 2011-12

Emergency preamble. Whereas,  acts and resolves of the Legislature do not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and

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,

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 2011-12 is as follows:

Audit - Fiscal Administration				$201,875
Education				12,229,974
Forest Fire Protection				95,385
Human Services - General Assistance				58,000
Property Tax Assessment - Operations				837,923
Maine Land Use Regulation Commission - Operations				534,156
TOTAL STATE AGENCIES				$13,957,313
County Reimbursements for Services:
	Aroostook			$953,164
	Franklin			806,073
	Hancock			155,005
	Kennebec			4,125
	Oxford			762,168
	Penobscot			931,781
	Piscataquis			966,856
	Somerset			1,140,379
	Washington			808,442
TOTAL COUNTY SERVICES				$6,527,993
TOTAL REQUIREMENTS				$20,485,306

COMPUTATION OF ASSESSMENT
Requirements						$20,485,306
Less Deductions:
	General -
		State Revenue Sharing				$175,000
		Homestead Reimbursement				96,000
		Miscellaneous Revenues				100,000
		Transfer from undesignated fund balance				2,000,000
TOTAL						$2,371,000
	Educational -
		Land Reserved Trust				$57,854
		Tuition/Travel				193,000
		Miscellaneous				5,000
		Special - Teacher Retirement				218,508
TOTAL						$474,362
TOTAL DEDUCTIONS						$2,845,362
TAX ASSESSMENT						$17,639,944

Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this legislation takes effect when approved.