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PRIVATE & SPECIAL LAWS
First Regular Session of the 121st

CHAPTER 22
H.P. 1052 - L.D. 1433

An Act To Establish Municipal Cost Components for Unorganized Territory Services To Be Rendered in Fiscal Year 2003-04

     Emergency preamble. Whereas, Acts 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,

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

     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 2003-04 is as follows:

Audit - Fiscal Administration $108,207
Education 10,902,895
Forest Fire Protection 150,000
Human Services - General Assistance 77,610
Property Tax Assessment - Operations 647,399
Maine Land Use Regulation Commission -
Operations 185,735

TOTAL STATE AGENCIES $12,071,846
County Reimbursements for Services:

     Aroostook $643,089

     Franklin 573,099

     Hancock 76,808

     Kennebec 6,393

     Oxford 362,248

     Penobscot 676,840

     Piscataquis 522,569

     Somerset 773,469

     Washington 429,889

TOTAL COUNTY SERVICES $4,064,404

TOTAL REQUIREMENTS $16,136,250
COMPUTATION OF ASSESSMENT
Requirements $16,136,250
Less Deductions:

     General -

      State Revenue Sharing $250,000

      Homestead Reimbursement 100,000

      Miscellaneous Revenues 50,000

      Transfer from Undesignated

      Fund Balance 2,400,000

TOTAL $2,800,000

     Educational -

      Lands Reserve Trust $60,000

      Tuition - Travel 280,000

      Miscellaneous 5,000

      Special - Retirement 175,000

TOTAL $520,000

TOTAL DEDUCTIONS ($3,320,000)

TAX ASSESSMENT $12,816,250

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

Effective May 30, 2003.

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