Real Estate Property Tax Relief Task Force
Real Estate Property Tax Relief Task Force
2026 Meeting Information
(Resolve 2025, c. 108, as amended by P.L. 2025, c. 739, sec. 2)
2026 Meeting Dates:
- Video livestreams – TAX: Legislature or YouTube
- Video livestreams – AFA: Legislature or YouTube
- Video livestreams – TRA: Legislature or YouTube
- Monday, May 18, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., State House, Rm 127 (TAX)
- Final Report: Research and Analysis for the Maine Real Estate Property Tax Relief Task Force (Progress and Poverty Institute & Center for Land Economics; 5 June 2026)
- Meeting materials
- Archived meeting video: Legislature
- Wednesday, June 10, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., State House, Rm 127 (TAX)
- Meeting materials
- Archived meeting video: Legislature or YouTube
- Tuesday, June 30, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., State House, Rm 228 (AFA)
- Meeting materials
- Archived meeting video: Legislature or YouTube
- Recommendations and Areas of Interest from 6/30/2026 Meeting
- Tuesday, September 15, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., State House, Rm 126 (TRA)
- Meeting materials
- Archived meeting video: Legislature or YouTube
- Tuesday, September 29, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., State House, Rm 126 (TRA)
- Meeting materials
- Archived meeting video: Legislature or YouTube
- Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at 9:30 a.m., State House, Rm 126 (TRA)
- Meeting materials
- Maine Property Tax Relief Explorer: https://landeconomics.org/maine-tax-relief-explorer
- PowerPoint Presentation regarding the Maine Property Tax Relief Explorer (Progress and Poverty Institute & Center for Land Economics; 21 October 2026)
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Archived meeting video: Legislature or YouTube
- Wednesday, November 4, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., State House, Rm 126 (TRA)
- Meeting materials
- Report: Trends Over Time in County & Statewide Property Tax Burdens (Progress and Poverty Institute & Center for Land Economics; 3 November 2026)
- Archived meeting video:
- Legislature or
- YouTube (Part 1)
- YouTube (Part 2)
- Tuesday, November 17, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., State House, Rm 126 (TRA)
Interested parties list: To subscribe/unsubscribe to the interested parties list for this study: https://lists.legislature.maine.gov/sympa/info/real.estate.prop.tax-ip
Public comment: The Task Force is no longer accepting public comment through the dedicated email box: re.ptax.relief@legislature.maine.gov. The Task Force chairs wish to express their appreciation to those who submitted comments over the past two years. Members of the public who wish to receive a copy of the Task Force’s final report and updates regarding legislative actions that may be taken by the Taxation Committee based on the Task Force’s recommendations may sign up for the Taxation Committee’s interested parties list here: https://lists.legislature.maine.gov/sympa/info/tax-ip.
Other Task Force Information:
- Public Comment Received Over 2025 Interim
- Interim Report: Real Estate Property Tax Relief Task Force
- 2025 Meetings Information
- Maine Real Estate Property Tax Data Dashboard
- Contract for Research and Analytical Support Materials
- Background Materials
- Task Force Members
- Task Force Staff
- Lindsay Laxon, OPLA
- Rachel Olson, OPLA
- Steven Langlin, OPLA
- Jessica Griswold, OPLA
OPLA staff may be reached by phone at 207-287-1670.