Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1212
Committee Amendment CA_A_H467 (House)
Amends: 33 MRSA §593

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I22ND LEGISLATURE 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT A" to H.P. 830, L.D. 1212, Bill, "An 
Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Effect of Foreclosure of a 
Tax Lien on Time-share Estates" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting 
clause and before the summary and inserting in its place the 
following: 
·Sec.I. 33 MRSA §593, sub-§7 is enacted to read: 
7. 
Effect of foreclosure, 
A governmental 
entity that 
acquires ownership of a 
time-share estate for reasons of tax 
delinquency, 
including, 
but 
not 
limited 
to. 
the 
automatic 
foreclosure of a tax lien, may not be required to pay for the 
share of common expenses attributable to the time-share estate 
during the period the governmental entity owns the time-share 
estate if the governmental enti ty does not use the time-share 
estate. 
Use 
by 
a 
governmental 
entity 
includes, 
without 
limitation, leasing or renting the time share estate. 
Any unpaid 
common expenses attributable to the time-share estate accruing 
during the period of ownership of the time-share estate by the 
governmental entity may be charged by the owners' association or 
managing entity to the purchaser of 
a 
foreclosed time-share 
estate when the purchaser acquires title to the unit from the 
governmental entity. 
The governmental entity shall disclose in 
writing to a prospective purchaser of the time-share estate that 
the purchaser may be charged for the COmmon expenses attributable 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,A" to H.P. 830, L.D. 1212 
to the time-share estate accruing during the period of the. 
governmental entity's ownership. 
Sec. 2. Application. 
This Act applies to time-share estates 
owned or acquired by a governmental entity on or after April 1, 
2005. ' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill. 
This 
amendment 
provides that a 
governmental entity that 
acquires ownership of a 
time-share estate for reasons of tax 
delinquency may not be charged for the share of common expenses 
chargeable 
to 
the 
time-share 
estate 
during 
the 
period 
the 
governmental entity owns the time-share estate unless used by the 
entity. 
Although liens for prior unpaid common expenses will be 
extinguished as a result of the foreclosure by the governmental 
entity, all common expenses that accrue during the period of the 
governmental entity's ownership may be charged to a purchaser of 
a foreclosed time-share estate when the purchaser obtains title 
to the unit 
from 
the governmental entity. 
The 
governmental 
entity must disclose in writing to a prospective purchaser that 
the purchaser may be charged for the common expenses accrued 
while the governmental entity owned the time-share estate. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT