An Act To Establish Municipal Cost Components for Unorganized Territory Services To Be Rendered in Fiscal Year 20 I 0-1 1
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 1807
Committee Amendment CA_A-SA_A_S494 (Senate)
Amends: 30-A MRSA §5236, 30-A MRSA §7051

SENATE AMENDMENT "I!' " to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to f-LP. 
1294, L.D. 1807, Bill, "An Act To Establish Municipal Cost Components for 
Unorganized Territory Services To Be Rendered in Fiscal Year 20 I 0-1 1" 
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Amend the amendment by striking outthe substitute title and insetting the following; 
'An Act To Establish Municipal Cost Components for Unol'ganized Te .... itory 
Services To Be Rende .. ed in Fiscal Year 2010-11 and To Make Ce .. tain Changes in 
the Laws Governing Tax Inc .. ement Financing Payments in the Uno .. ganized 
Territories and in the Laws Governing Development Districts' 
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Amend the amendment in Part B by inserting before section I the following: 
'Sec. B-1. 30-A MRSA §5236 is enacted to read: 
§5236. Plantations 
For purposes of this subchapter and pursuant to section 7051, subsection 12, a 
plantation that conducts property tax valuation and assesses, collects and disposes of 
property taxes may act as a municipality and may designate a development district. An 
action of a plantation under this section at a plantation annual meeting,or a properly 
called town meeting pursuant to section 7006 is deemed to be an action of a municipality 
or a municipal legislative body pursuant to this subchapter, and an action of a plantation's 
board of assessors is deemed to be an action of a municipal assessor or a municipal 
assessing authority pursuant to this subchapter, 
Sec. B-2. 30-A MRSA §7051, sub-§10, as amended by PL 2007, c. 35, §2, is 
fLllther amended to read: 
10. Tax base shariilg. Chapter 223, subchapter 5; aM 
Sec. B-3. 30-A MRSA §7051, sub-§l1, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 35, §3, IS 
amended to read: 
11. 
Ailimal contml onlinances. Chapter 141, but only with respect to an imal 
control ordinanc<ils and subject to Title 7, section 3950~; ancl 
Sec. B-4. 30-A MRSA §7051, sub-§12 is enacted to read: 
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SENATE AlvlENDMENT "A" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 129~, L.D. 1807 
12. Municipal development districts. Chapter 206, subchapter I. This subsection 
applies only to a plantation that conducts property tax valuation and assesses, collects' and 
disposes of property taxes.' 
Amend the amendment by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter 
or section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment allows a plantation that conducts property tax valuation and 
assesses, collects and disposes of property taxes to designate a development district. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
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124tb MAINE LEGISLATURE 
LD 1807 
LR 2626(06) 
An Act To Establish Municipal Cost Components for Unorganized TerritoryServices To Be Rendered 
in Fiscal Year 2010-11 
Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment "A" to Committee Amendment "A" 
Sponsor: Sen. Perry of Penobscot 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Additional costs to the Department of Economic and Community Development associated with conducting the 
required review can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
LR2626(06) - Fiscal Note - Page I of I