Resolve, Authorizing the State Tax Assessor To Sell 2 Certain Parcels of Land in the Unorganized Territory
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 2217
Committee Amendment CA_A_H946 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1583, L.D. 2217, "Resolve, 
Authorizing the State Tax Assessor To Sell 2 Certain Parcels of Land in the Unorganized 
Territory" 
Amend the resolve by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, Authorizing the State Tax Assessor To Sell a Certain Parcel of 
Land in the Unorganized Territory' 
Amend the resolve by striking out everything after the title and before the summary 
and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. State Tax Assessor authorized to convey real estate. Resolved: 
That the State Tax Assessor is authorized to convey by sale the interest of the State in a 
parcel located in Albany Township, Oxford County formerly owned by Mason Griffin. 
The parcel may not be sold for less than the amount authorized in this resolve. 
Employees of the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of 
Revenue Services and spouses, siblings, parents and children of employees of the bureau 
are barred from acquiring from the State the real property subject to this resolve. 
Upon receipt of payment as specified in this resolve, the State Tax Assessor shall 
record a quitclaim deed in the appropriate registry at no additional charge to the purchaser 
before sending the deed to the purchaser. 
Abbreviations and plan and lot references are identified in the 2004 State Valuation; 
and be it further 
Sec. 2. Description of parcel in Albany Township; sale. Resolved: 
That 
the parcel of real estate situated in Albany Township is Map OXO 16, Plan 2, Lot 160.3, 
formerly owned by Mason Griffin. The State Tax Assessor is directed to sell the parcel 
as is to the estate of Mason Griffin for $359.14. The directive to sell to the estate of 
Mason Griffin expires 90 days after the effective date of this resolve; and be it further 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 'n "to H.P. 1583, L.D. 2217 
Sec. 3. Sale in the event of nonperformance. Resolved: That, if the parcel 
identified in section 2 of this resolve is not purchased as provided in that section within 
the timeframe provided, the State Tax Assessor may sell the parcel to the person with the 
next highest bid opened pursuant to the process authorized by Resolve 2007, chapter 65.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment removes provisions directing the sale of a certain parcel of real 
estate in Madrid Township and provides that the sale of the remaining parcel of real 
estate in the resolve must be to the estate of the former owner and, if sale is not 
completed within the time provided, the parcel must be sold to the highest bidder 
pursuant to the bid process that applied to that parcel. The amendment also removes 
language relating to remediation of environmental hazards. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 03/25/08 
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LD 2217 
LR3494(02) 
Resolve, Authorizing the State Tax Assessor To Sell 2 Certain Parcels of Land in the Unorganized 
Territory 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment" f)" 
Committee: Taxation 
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Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
CUrrent biennium revenue increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Revenue received from the sale of real estate in the unorganized territory will increase Other Special Revenue Funds 
in the Unorganized Territory Education and Services Fund and will be used to reduce future tax assessments in the 
unorganized territory. 
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