Chapter 28
H.P. 1307 - L.D. 1875
An Act To Establish Municipal Cost Components for Unorganized Territory Services To Be Rendered in Fiscal Year 2007-08
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 2007-08 is as follows:
| Audit - Fiscal Administration | $192,820 | |||
| Education | 12,207,321 | |||
| Forest Fire Protection | 160,000 | |||
| Human Services - General Assistance | 66,000 | |||
| Property Tax Assessment - Operations | 766,871 | |||
| Maine Land Use Regulation Commission - Operations | 364,286 | |||
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| TOTAL STATE AGENCIES | $13,757,298 | |||
| County Reimbursements for Services: | ||||
| Aroostook | $799,476 | |||
| Franklin | 604,808 | |||
| Hancock | 194,341 | |||
| Kennebec | 306 | |||
| Oxford | 441,047 | |||
| Penobscot | 832,068 | |||
| Piscataquis | 901,537 | |||
| Somerset | 840,005 | |||
| Washington | 711,759 | |||
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| TOTAL COUNTY SERVICES | $5,325,347 | |||
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| TOTAL REQUIREMENTS | $19,082,645 | |||
| COMPUTATION OF ASSESSMENT | ||||||
| Requirements | $19,082,645 | |||||
| Less Deductions: | ||||||
| General - | ||||||
| State Revenue Sharing | $290,000 | |||||
| Homestead Reimbursement | 100,000 | |||||
| Miscellaneous Revenues | 50,000 | |||||
| Transfer from Undesignated Fund Balance | 3,300,000 | |||||
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| TOTAL | $3,740,000 | |||||
| Educational - | ||||||
| Land Reserved Trust | $100,000 | |||||
| Tuition/Travel | 250,000 | |||||
| Miscellaneous | 5,000 | |||||
| Special - Teacher Retirement | 200,000 | |||||
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| TOTAL | $555,000 | |||||
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| TOTAL DEDUCTIONS | ($4,295,000) | |||||
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| TAX ASSESSMENT | $14,787,645 | |||||
Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this legislation takes effect when approved.