An Act To Establish Municipal Cost Components for Unorganized Territory Services To Be Rendered in Fiscal Year 2019-20
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 2019-20 is as follows:
Fiscal Administration - Office of the State Auditor | $243,730 | |||
Education | 12,851,922 | |||
Forest Fire Protection | 150,000 | |||
Human Services - General Assistance | 65,000 | |||
Property Tax Assessment - Operations | 1,470,866 | |||
Maine Land Use Planning Commission - Operations | 588,000 | |||
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TOTAL STATE AGENCIES | $15,369,518 | |||
County Reimbursements for Services: | ||||
Aroostook | $1,511,803 | |||
Franklin | 976,795 | |||
Hancock | 239,050 | |||
Kennebec | 10,870 | |||
Oxford | 1,459,650 | |||
Penobscot | 1,125,982 | |||
Piscataquis | 1,156,857 | |||
Somerset | 1,618,913 | |||
Washington | 1,032,529 | |||
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TOTAL COUNTY SERVICES | $9,132,449 | |||
COUNTY TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRIBUTIONS FROM FUND | ||||
Tax Increment Financing Payments | $3,867,519 | |||
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TOTAL REQUIREMENTS | $28,369,486 |
COMPUTATION OF ASSESSMENT | ||||||
Requirements | $28,369,486 | |||||
Less Revenue Deductions: | ||||||
General Revenue | ||||||
Municipal Revenue Sharing | $100,000 | |||||
Homestead Reimbursement | 100,000 | |||||
Miscellaneous Revenues | 10,000 | |||||
Transfer from Fund Balance | 350,000 | |||||
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TOTAL GENERAL REVENUE DEDUCTIONS | $560,000 | |||||
Educational Revenue | ||||||
Land Reserved Trust | $70,000 | |||||
Tuition/School Transportation | 80,000 | |||||
United States Forestry Payment in Lieu of Taxes | 5,000 | |||||
Special - Teacher Retirement | 230,000 | |||||
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TOTAL EDUCATION REVENUE DEDUCTIONS | $385,000 | |||||
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TOTAL REVENUE DEDUCTIONS | $945,000 | |||||
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TAX ASSESSMENT BEFORE COUNTY TAXES and OVERLAY (Title 36 §1602) | $27,424,486 |
Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this legislation takes effect when approved.