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PRIVATE & SPECIAL LAWS
Second Special Session of the 121st

CHAPTER 44
H.P. 1398 - L.D. 1882

An Act To Establish Municipal Cost Components for Unorganized Territory Services To Be Rendered in Fiscal Year 2004-05

     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 2004-05 is as follows:

Audit - Fiscal Administration $108,207
Education 11,107,086
Forest Fire Protection 150,000
Human Services - General Assistance 78,750
Property Tax Assessment - Operations 658,453
Computer Assisted Mass Appraisal
(CAMA) System 173,000

Maine Land Use Regulation Commission -
Operations 183,295

TOTAL STATE AGENCIES $12,458,791
County Reimbursements for Services:

     Aroostook $658,963

     Franklin 761,079

     Hancock 103,923

     Kennebec 7,770

     Oxford 363,481

     Penobscot 722,475

     Piscataquis 721,385

     Somerset 675,696

     Washington 466,676

TOTAL COUNTY SERVICES $4,481,448

TOTAL REQUIREMENTS $16,940,239
COMPUTATION OF ASSESSMENT
Requirements $16,940,239
Less Deductions:

     General -

      State Revenue Sharing $290,000

      Homestead Reimbursement 100,000

      Miscellaneous Revenues 50,000

      Transfer from Undesignated

      Fund Balance 2,300,000

TOTAL $2,740,000

     Educational -

      Lands Reserve Trust $100,000

      Tuition - Travel 250,000

      Miscellaneous 5,000

      Special - Teacher Retirement 200,000

TOTAL $555,000

TOTAL DEDUCTIONS ($3,295,000)

TAX ASSESSMENT $13,645,239

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

Effective April 14, 2004.

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