An Act To Correct Inconsistencies, Conflicts and Errors in the Laws of Maine
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 1831
Committee: Judiciary
Amends: 3 MRSA §959, 4 MRSA §423, 5 MRSA §4701, 5 MRSA §12004-B, 5 MRSA §12004-I, 5 MRSA §20054, 26 MRSA §892, 26 MRSA §965, 12 MRSA §10265, 12 MRSA §11109, 12 MRSA §12152, 21-A MRSA §753-B, 22 MRSA §2423-A, 22 MRSA §2423-D, 25 MRSA §1542-A, 32 MRSA §14043, 32 MRSA §14049-D, 33 MRSA §1652, 36 MRSA §384, 36 MRSA §556, 36 MRSA §652, 36 MRSA §653, 36 MRSA §942, 36 MRSA §943, 36 MRSA §1104, 36 MRSA §1282, 36 MRSA §1284, 36 MRSA §1503, 36 MRSA §1752, 36 MRSA §1760, 36 MRSA §2903-D, 36 MRSA §5122, 36 MRSA §5126-A, 36 MRSA §5200-A, 39-A MRSA §404, 4 MRSA §1610-J, 4 MRSA §1610-K

Legislative Document
No. 1831
H.P. 1302
House of Representatives, June 3, 2019
An Act To Correct Inconsistencies, Conflicts and Errors in the Laws 
of Maine
(EMERGENCY)
Reported by Representative BAILEY of Saco for the Revisor of Statutes pursuant to the 
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 1, section 94.
Reference to the Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed pursuant to Joint 
Rule 218.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not 
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and
Whereas, acts of this and previous Legislatures have resulted in certain technical 
inconsistencies, conflicts and errors in the laws of Maine; and
Whereas, these inconsistencies, conflicts and errors create uncertainties and 
confusion in interpreting legislative intent; and
Whereas, it is vitally necessary that these uncertainties and this confusion be 
resolved in order to prevent any injustice or hardship to the citizens of Maine; 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.  3 MRSA §959, sub-§1, ¶C, as amended by PL 2013, c. 588, Pt. E, §1 and 
affected by §2 and amended by PL 2015, c. 429, §23, is further amended to read:
C.  The joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over business, 
research and economic development matters shall use the following list as a guideline 
for scheduling reviews:
(1)  Maine Development Foundation in 2021;
(5)  Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, in conjunction with the 
joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over insurance 
and financial services matters, in 2015;
(19)  Department of Economic and Community Development in 2021;
(23)  Maine State Housing Authority in 2015;
(32)  Finance Authority of Maine in 2017;
(36)  Board of Dental Practice in 2019;
(37)  Board of Osteopathic Licensure in 2019;
(38)  Board of Licensure in Medicine in 2019;
(41)  State Board of Nursing in 2019;
(42)  State Board of Optometry in 2019; and
(45)  State Board of Registration Licensure for Professional Engineers in 2019.
Sec. 2.  4 MRSA §423, first ¶, as amended by PL 2017, c. 407, Pt. A, §4, is 
further amended to read:
The Judicial Department shall report to the joint standing committee of the 
Legislature having jurisdiction over judiciary matters by February 15th annually on the 
establishment and operation of substance abuse use disorder treatment programs in the 
courts.  The report must cover at least the following:
Sec. 3.  5 MRSA §4701, sub-§1, ¶C, as amended by PL 2017, c. 416, §1, is 
further amended to read:
C.  "Human trafficking offense" includes:
(1)  Aggravated sex trafficking and sex trafficking under Title 17-A, sections 852 
and 853, respectively, and criminal forced labor and aggravated criminal forced 
labor under Title 17-A, sections 304 and 305, respectively; and
(2)  All Except as provided in subparagraph (1), all offenses in Title 17-A, 
chapters 11, 12 and 13 if accompanied by the destruction, concealment, removal, 
confiscation or possession of any actual or purported passport or other 
immigration document or other actual or purported government identification 
document of the other person or done using any scheme, plan or pattern intended 
to cause the other person to believe that if that person does not perform certain 
labor or services, including prostitution, that the person or a 3rd person will be 
subject to a harm to their health, safety or immigration status.
Sec. 4.  5 MRSA §12004-B, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 786, §5, is 
amended to read:
3.   
Sec. 5.  5 MRSA §12004-I, sub-§73, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 786, §5, is 
repealed.
Sec. 6.  5 MRSA §20054, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 415, §1, is amended to read:
§20054.  Integrated treatment and recovery for families
The department shall develop and fund housing-based programs employing evidence-
based strategies in a holistic approach to recovery for vulnerable families affected by 
substance abuse use disorder.  The programs must treat mothers affected by substance 
abuse use disorder who have at least one child under 10 years of age when entering the 
program in an integrated family care model.  The programs must provide to a mother in 
the program stable housing and comprehensive services that support recovery and 
unification with that mother's children.  Comprehensive services provided include all of 
the following: care coordination, health care, child care, early childhood education, home 
supports, after-school programming, parenting education, treatment for mental health and 
substance abuse use disorder, postsecondary education, community-based transportation 
and employment supports.  The programs must include coordinated data collection to 
Panel of Mediators
$100/Day $300/Period 
up to 4 Hours
MRSA §892 26 
MRSA §965, 
sub-§2, ¶C 
assess long-term recovery outcomes, transition to employment and independence for 
mothers participating in the programs.
Sec. 7.  12 MRSA §10265, as amended by PL 2015, c. 277, §9, is further amended 
to read:
§10265.  Landowner Relations Fund
The Landowner Relations Fund, referred to in this section as "the fund," is 
established within the department as a nonlapsing fund to be used by the commissioner to 
fund or assist in funding the landowner relations program established pursuant to section 
10108, subsection 4-A and the Keep Maine Clean program established in section 10108, 
subsection 4-B.  All funds from fees collected under section 10108, subsection 3 and 
subsection 4-A, paragraph C and money accepted by the commissioner pursuant to 
section 10108, subsection 4-B must be deposited in the fund.  The fund receives any other 
funds appropriated or allocated to the fund.  The commissioner may accept and deposit 
into the fund monetary gifts, donations or other contributions from public or private 
sources for the purposes specified in this section.  The fund must be held separate and 
apart from all other money, funds and accounts.
Sec. 8.  12 MRSA §11109, sub-§3, ¶F, as amended by PL 2017, c. 164, §9, is 
further amended to read:
F.  A nonresident junior hunting license, for a person under 16 years of age, is $35 
and permits hunting of all legal species, subject to the permit requirements in 
subchapter 3.  Notwithstanding the permit fees established in subchapter 3, a 
nonresident junior hunting license includes all permits, stamps and other permissions 
needed to hunt at no additional cost.  A license holder under this paragraph who 
qualifies to hunt during the special season on deer under section 11153 and who 
meets the eligibility requirements of section 11106 must have included in that 
persons's person's license one antlerless deer permit and one either-sex permit.  A 
nonresident junior hunting license does not exempt the holder of the license from 
lottery-related application requirements under this Part.
Sec. 9.  12 MRSA §12152, sub-§3-D, ¶E, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 205, §18, is 
amended to read:
E.  A wildlife rehabilitation permit, which allows the holder to possess debilitated or 
orphaned wildlife and rehabilitate that wildlife and release it into the wild as soon as 
the wildlife is rehabilitated or euthanize that wildlife in accordance with humane 
euthanization procedures if rehabilitiation rehabilitation and release are not possible.  
A wildlife rehabilitation permit is available at no cost and expires 2 years from the 
date of issuance;
Sec. 10.  21-A MRSA §753-B, sub-§5, as amended by PL 2017, c. 248, §7 and c. 
433, §1, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
5.  Alternate method of balloting by residents of certain licensed facilities.  The 
municipal clerk shall designate one time during the 30-day period prior to an election 
during which the municipal clerk shall be present in each licensed nursing home subject 
to the provisions of Title 22, chapter 405; licensed level IV residential care facility 
subject to the provisions of Title 22, chapter 1664; and licensed assisted living program 
with more than 6 beds subject to the provisions of Title 22, chapter 1664, in the 
municipality for the purpose of conducting absentee voting by residents of these facilities.  
The clerk shall designate which areas in these facilities constitute the voting place, the 
voting booth and the guardrail enclosure.  The clerk shall post a notice in the municipal 
office that absentee voting will be conducted as prescribed in this subsection.  The clerk 
shall provide a notice to each licensed facility of the date and time when absentee voting 
will be conducted.  The notice must state that the licensed facility is required to notify the 
contact person or persons, if any, for each resident that absentee voting will be conducted.  
Each licensed facility must provide notice, which may be in the form of an e-mail or an 
electronic newsletter, to the contact person or persons, if any, for each resident of the date 
and time when absentee voting will be conducted at the facility.  Sections 681 and 682 
apply to voting in these facilities within the areas designated by the clerk.  As used in this 
subsection, "level IV residential care facility" means a residential care facility as defined 
by Title 22, section 7852, subsection 14 that has a licensed capacity of more than 6 
residents.
Sec. 11.  22 MRSA §2423-A, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2017, c. 452, §4, is 
further amended to read:
4.  Long-term care facility.  A qualifying patient may designate a long-term care 
facility to assist with the qualifying patient's medical use of marijuana if that use is 
consistent with the facility's policy and is pursuant to subsection 1, paragraph F-1, 
subparagraph 2 (2).  If a long-term care facility is designated, the facility shall complete 
the registration process with the department and obtain a registration certificate for the 
facility.  For a long-term care facility to be issued a registration certificate, staff persons 
of the facility who will be assisting a qualifying patient with the patient's medical use of 
marijuana in accordance with this chapter must be at least 21 years of age and may not 
have been convicted of a disqualifying drug offense.  The long-term care facility and the 
staff of the facility may not cultivate marijuana plants for the patient.
Sec. 12.  22 MRSA §2423-D, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 452, §7, is 
amended to read:
3.  Transfer or furnish.  Transfer or furnish harvested marijuana to another person; 
or
Sec. 13.  25 MRSA §1542-A, sub-§1, ¶P, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 452, §25, is 
reallocated to 25 MRSA §1542-A, sub-§1, ¶S.
Sec. 14.  25 MRSA §1542-A, sub-§1, ¶¶Q and R, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 
457, §13, are amended to read:
Q.  Who is an applicant for licensure with the State Board of Nursing as required 
under Title 32, section 2111, subsection 1; or
R.  Who is required to have a criminal background check under Title 22, section 
8302-A or 8302-B.; or
Sec. 15.  25 MRSA §1542-A, sub-§3, ¶O, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 452, §26, is 
repealed.
Sec. 16.  25 MRSA §1542-A, sub-§3, ¶R is enacted to read:
R.  The State Police shall take or cause to be taken the fingerprints of the person 
named in subsection 1, paragraph S at the request of that person or the Department of 
Administrative and Financial Services under Title 22, section 2425-A, subsection 
3-A.
Sec. 17.  25 MRSA §1542-A, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2017, c. 452, §27 and c. 
457, §16, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
4.  Duty to submit to State Bureau of Identification.  It is the duty of the law 
enforcement agency taking the fingerprints as required by subsection 3, paragraphs A, B 
and G to transmit immediately to the State Bureau of Identification the criminal 
fingerprint record. Fingerprints taken pursuant to subsection 1, paragraph C, D, E or F or 
pursuant to subsection 5 may not be submitted to the State Bureau of Identification unless 
an express request is made by the commanding officer of the State Bureau of 
Identification.  Fingerprints taken pursuant to subsection 1, paragraph G must be 
transmitted immediately to the State Bureau of Identification to enable the bureau to 
conduct state and national criminal history record checks for the Department of 
Education.  The bureau may not use the fingerprints for any purpose other than that 
provided for under Title 20-A, section 6103.  The bureau shall retain the fingerprints, 
except as provided under Title 20-A, section 6103, subsection 9.  Fingerprints taken 
pursuant to subsection 1, paragraph I and subsection 3, paragraph I must be transmitted 
immediately to the State Bureau of Identification to enable the bureau to conduct state 
and national criminal history record checks for the court and the Department of Public 
Safety, Gambling Control Board, respectively.  Fingerprints taken pursuant to subsection 
1, paragraph J, K, L or S must be transmitted immediately to the State Bureau of 
Identification to enable the bureau to conduct state and national criminal history record 
checks for the Department of Administrative and Financial Services.  Fingerprints taken 
pursuant to subsection 1, paragraph P must be transmitted immediately to the State 
Bureau of Identification to enable the bureau to conduct state and national criminal 
history record checks for the Board of Osteopathic Licensure, established in Title 32, 
chapter 36.  Fingerprints taken pursuant to subsection 1, paragraph N must be transmitted 
immediately to the State Bureau of Identification to enable the bureau to conduct state 
and national criminal history record checks for the Board of Licensure in Medicine, 
established in Title 32, chapter 48.  Fingerprints taken pursuant to subsection 1, paragraph 
Q must be transmitted immediately to the State Bureau of Identification to enable the 
bureau to conduct state and national criminal history record checks for the State Board of 
Nursing, established in title 32, chapter 31.  Fingerprints taken pursuant to subsection 1, 
paragraph O must be transmitted immediately to the State Bureau of Identification to 
enable the bureau to conduct state and national criminal history record checks under Title 
28-B, section 204.  Fingerprints taken pursuant to subsection 1, paragraph R must be 
transmitted immediately to the State Bureau of Identification to enable the bureau to 
conduct state and national criminal history record checks for the Department of Health 
and Human Services.
Sec. 18.  32 MRSA §14043, sub-§1, ¶A, as reenacted by PL 2017, c. 475, Pt. D, 
§1, is amended to read:
A.  Directly or indirectly engaging or to attempting to engage in business as an 
appraisal management company;
Sec. 19.  32 MRSA §14049-D, sub-§2, as reenacted by PL 2017, c. 475, Pt. D, 
§1, is amended to read:
2.  Record keeping.  An appraisal management company licensed or applying to be 
license licensed or to renew a licensed license in this State shall:
A.  Certify to the board on a form prescribed by the board that the appraisal 
management company maintains a detailed record of each service request that the 
appraisal management company receives for appraisals of real property located in this 
State; and
B.  Retain for at least 5 years, or at least 2 years after final disposition of any related 
judicial proceeding, all business records relating to each request for an appraisal 
service that the appraisal management company has received and the appraiser who 
performs the appraisal service for the appraisal management company.
An appraisal management company licensed under this chapter shall make all records 
required to be maintained by the appraisal management company available for inspection 
by the board upon reasonable notice to the appraisal management company.
Sec. 20.  33 MRSA §1652, sub-§15, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 734, §2, is 
amended to read:
15.  Transfer.  "Transfer" means a transaction that creates custodial property under 
section 1660.
Sec. 21.  36 MRSA §384, as amended by PL 1975, c. 623, §52, is further amended 
to read:
§384.  Investigation of valuation; actions and prosecutions; reassessment orders; 
appeals
The State Tax Assessor shall, at his the State Tax Assessor's own instance or on 
complaint made to him from another person, diligently investigate all cases of 
concealment of property from taxation, of undervaluation, of overvaluation, and of failure 
to assess property liable to taxation.  He The State Tax Assessor shall bring to the 
attention of assessors all such cases in their respective jurisdictions.  He The State Tax 
Assessor shall direct proceedings, actions and prosecutions to be instituted to enforce all 
laws relating to the assessment and taxation of property and to the liability of individuals, 
public officers and officers and agents of corporations for failure or negligence to comply 
with the laws governing the assessment or taxation of property, and the Attorney General 
and district attorneys, upon the written request of the State Tax Assessor, shall institute 
such legal proceedings as may be necessary to carry out this Title.  The State Tax 
Assessor shall have power to may order the reassessment of any or all real and personal 
property, or either, in any jurisdiction where in his the State Tax Assessor's judgment 
such reassessment is advisable or necessary to the end that all classes of property in such 
jurisdiction shall be are assessed in compliance with the law.  Neglect or failure to 
comply with such orders on the part of any assessor or other official shall be is deemed 
willful neglect of duty and he shall be the assessor or other official is subject to the 
penalties provided by law in such cases.  Provided If a satisfactory reassessment is not 
made by the assessors, then the State Tax Assessor may employ assistance from within or 
without the jurisdiction where such reassessment is to be made, and said jurisdiction shall 
bear bears all necessary expense incurred.  Any person aggrieved because of such 
reassessment shall have has the same right of petition and appeal as from the original 
assessment.  The State shall be permitted to may intervene in any action resulting from an 
order of the State Tax Assessor pursuant to this section.
Sec. 22.  36 MRSA §556 is amended to read:
§556.  Landlord and tenant
When a tenant paying rent for real estate is taxed therefor, he the tenant may retain 
out of his the tenant's rent half of the taxes paid by him the tenant.  When a landlord is 
taxed for such real estate, he the landlord may recover half of the taxes paid by him the 
landlord and his the landlord's rent in the same action against the tenant, unless there is an 
agreement to the contrary.
Sec. 23.  36 MRSA §652, sub-§1, ¶C, as amended by PL 2007, c. 627, §20, is 
further amended to read:
C.  Further conditions to the right of exemption under paragraphs A and B are that:
(1)  Any corporation claiming exemption under paragraph A must be organized 
and conducted exclusively for benevolent and charitable purposes;
(2)  A director, trustee, officer or employee of an organization claiming 
exemption may not receive directly or indirectly any pecuniary profit from the 
operation of that organization, except as reasonable compensation for services in 
effecting its purposes or as a proper beneficiary of its strictly benevolent or 
charitable purposes;
(3)  All profits derived from the operation of an organization claiming exemption 
and the proceeds from the sale of its property must be devoted exclusively to the 
purposes for which it is organized; 
(4)  The institution, organization or corporation claiming exemption under this 
section must file with the assessors upon their request a report for its preceding 
fiscal year in such detail as the assessors may reasonably require;
(5)  An exemption may not be allowed under this section in favor of an 
agricultural fair association holding pari-mutuel racing meets unless it has 
qualified the next preceding year as a recipient of a stipend from the Stipend 
Fund provided in Title 7, section 86;
(6)  An exemption allowed under paragraph A or B for real or personal property 
owned and occupied or used to provide federally subsidized residential rental 
housing is limited as follows:  Federally subsidized residential rental housing 
placed in service prior to September 1, 1993 by other than a nonprofit housing 
corporation that is acquired on or after September 1, 1993 by a nonprofit housing 
corporation and the operation of which is not an unrelated trade or business to 
that nonprofit housing corporation is eligible for an exemption limited to 50% of 
the municipal assessed value of that property.
An exemption granted under this subparagraph must be revoked for any year in 
which the owner of the property is no longer a nonprofit housing corporation or 
the operation of the residential rental housing is an unrelated trade or business to 
that nonprofit housing corporation.
(a)  For the purposes of this subparagraph, the following terms have the 
following meanings.
(i)  "Federally subsidized residential rental housing"  means residential 
rental housing that is subsidized through project-based rental assistance, 
operating assistance or interest rate subsidies paid or provided by or on 
behalf of an agency or department of the Federal Government.
(ii)  "Nonprofit housing corporation" means a nonprofit corporation 
organized in the State that is exempt from tax under Section 501(c)(3) of 
the Code and has among its corporate purposes the provision of services 
to people of low income or the construction, rehabilitation, ownership or 
operation of housing.
(iii)  "Residential rental housing" means one or more buildings, together 
with any facilities functionally related and subordinate to the building or 
buildings, located on one parcel of land and held in common ownership 
prior to the conversion to nonprofit status and containing 9 or more 
similarly constructed residential units offered for rental to the general 
public for use on other than a transient basis, each of which contains 
separate and complete facilities for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and 
sanitation.
(iv)  "Unrelated trade or business" means any trade or business whose 
conduct is not substantially related to the exercise or performance by a 
nonprofit corporation of the purposes or functions constituting the basis 
for exemption under Section 501(c)(3) of the Code.
(b)  Eligibility of the following property for exemption is not affected by the 
provisions of this subparagraph:
(i)  Property used as a nonprofit nursing home, residential care facility 
licensed by the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to 
Title 22, chapter 1663 or a community living arrangement as defined in 
Title 30-A, section 4357-A or any property owned by a nonprofit 
organization licensed or funded by the Department of Health and Human 
Services to provide services to or for the benefit of persons with mental 
illness or mental retardation intellectual disabilities;
(ii)  Property used for student housing;
(iii)  Property used for parsonages;
(iv)  Property that was owned and occupied or used to provide residential 
rental housing that qualified for exemption under paragraph A or B prior 
to September 1, 1993; or
(v)  Property exempt from taxation under other provisions of law; and
(7)  In addition to the requirements of subparagraphs (1) to (4), an exemption is 
not allowed under paragraph A or B for real or personal property owned and 
occupied or used to provide residential rental housing that is transferred or placed 
in service on or after September 1, 1993, unless the property is owned by a 
nonprofit housing corporation and the operation of the residential rental housing 
is not an unrelated trade or business to the nonprofit housing corporation.
For the purposes of this subparagraph, the following terms have the following 
meanings.
(a)  "Nonprofit housing corporation" means a nonprofit corporation 
organized in the State that is exempt from tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the 
Code and has among its corporate purposes the provision of services to 
people of low income or the construction, rehabilitation, ownership or 
operation of housing.
(b)  "Residential rental housing" means one or more buildings, together with 
any facilities functionally related and subordinate to the building or 
buildings, containing one or more similarly constructed residential units 
offered for rental to the general public for use on other than a transient basis, 
each of which contains separate and complete facilities for living, sleeping, 
eating, cooking and sanitation.
(c)  "Unrelated trade or business" means any trade or business whose conduct 
is not substantially related to the exercise or performance by a nonprofit 
organization of the purposes constituting the basis for exemption under 
Section 501(c)(3) of the Code.
Sec. 24.  36 MRSA §653, sub-§1, ¶C, as amended by PL 2015, c. 353, §1, is 
further amended to read:
C.  The estates up to the just value of $6,000, having a taxable situs in the place of 
residence, of veterans who served in the Armed Forces of the United States:
(1)  During any federally recognized war period, including the Korean Campaign 
Conflict, the Vietnam War, the Persian Gulf War, the periods from August 24, 
1982 to July 31, 1984 and December 20, 1989 to January 31, 1990, Operation 
Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn, or who 
were awarded the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, when they have reached 
the age of 62 years or when they are receiving any form of pension or 
compensation from the United States Government for total disability, service-
connected or nonservice-connected, as a veteran.  A veteran of the Vietnam War 
must have served on active duty after February 27, 1961 and before May 8, 1975.  
"Persian Gulf War" means service on active duty on or after August 2, 1990 and 
before or on the date that the United States Government recognizes as the end of 
that war period; or
(2)  Who are disabled by injury or disease incurred or aggravated during active 
military service in the line of duty and are receiving any form of pension or 
compensation from the United States Government for total, service-connected 
disability.
The exemptions provided in this paragraph apply to the property of that veteran, 
including property held in joint tenancy with that veteran's spouse or held in a 
revocable living trust for the benefit of that veteran.
Sec. 25.  36 MRSA §653, sub-§1, ¶D-1, as amended by PL 2015, c. 353, §2, is 
further amended to read:
D-1.  The estates up to the just value of $50,000, having a taxable situs in the place of 
residence, for specially adapted housing units, of veterans who served in the Armed 
Forces of the United States during any federally recognized war period, including the 
Korean Campaign Conflict, the Vietnam War, the Persian Gulf War, the periods from 
August 24, 1982 to July 31, 1984 and December 20, 1989 to January 31, 1990, 
Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn, or 
who were awarded the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, and who are paraplegic 
veterans within the meaning of 38 United States Code, Chapter 21, Section 2101, and 
who received a grant from the United States Government for any such housing, or of 
the unremarried widows or widowers of those veterans.  A veteran of the Vietnam 
War must have served on active duty after February 27, 1961 and before May 8, 
1975.  "Persian Gulf War" means service on active duty on or after August 2, 1990 
and before or on the date that the United States Government recognizes as the end of 
that war period.  The exemption provided in this paragraph applies to the property of 
the veteran including property held in joint tenancy with a spouse or held in a 
revocable living trust for the benefit of that veteran.
Sec. 26.  36 MRSA §942, 4th ¶, as amended by PL 1979, c. 613, §2, is further 
amended to read:
After the expiration of the 30 days and within 10 days thereafter, the tax collector 
shall record in the registry of deeds of the county or registry district where the real estate 
is situated a tax lien certificate signed by the tax collector or bearing his the tax collector's 
facsimile signature, setting forth the amount of the tax, a description of the real estate on 
which the tax is assessed and an allegation that a lien is claimed on the real estate to 
secure the payment of the tax, that a demand for payment of the tax has been made in 
accordance with this section, and that the tax remains unpaid.  When the undivided real 
estate of a deceased person has been assessed to his the deceased's heirs or devisees 
without designating any of them by name it will be sufficient to record in said registry a 
tax lien certificate in the name of the heirs or the devisees of said decedent without 
designating them by name.
Sec. 27.  36 MRSA §943, 7th ¶ is amended to read:
After the expiration of the 18-month period for redemption, the mortgagee of record 
of said real estate or his the mortgagee's assignee and the owner of record if the said real 
estate has not been assessed to him the owner or the person claiming under him shall the 
owner, in the event the notice provided for said mortgagee and said owner has not been 
given as provided in section 942, have has the right to redeem the said real estate within 3 
months after receiving actual knowledge of the recording of the tax lien certificate by 
payment or tender of the amount of the tax lien mortgage, together with interest and 
costs, and the tax lien mortgage shall must then be discharged by the owner thereof in the 
manner provided.
Sec. 28.  36 MRSA §1104, as repealed and replaced by PL 1977, c. 467, Pt. A, §2, 
is amended to read:
§1104.  Administration; rules
The State Tax Assessor shall adopt and amend such rules and regulations as may be 
reasonable and appropriate to carry out his the State Tax Assessor's responsibilities as 
provided in this subchapter.
Sec. 29.  36 MRSA §1282, 7th ¶ is amended to read:
Each owner may pay for his that owner's proportionate ownership in any tract of land 
whether in common or not, and upon filing with the State Tax Assessor a certificate 
containing a suitable description of the property on which he the owner desires to pay the 
taxes and where the same is located, and paying the amount due, together with interest 
and costs, shall must receive a certificate from the State Tax Assessor discharging the 
taxes on the fractional part or ownership upon which such payment is made.
Sec. 30.  36 MRSA §1284, as amended by PL 1979, c. 666, §32, is further 
amended to read:
§1284.  Action to recover taxes
The State Tax Assessor may bring a civil action in his the State Tax Assessor's own 
name to enforce the lien on real estate created by section 552, to secure the payment of 
state taxes assessed under sections 1331 and 1602 upon real estate not liable to be 
assessed in any town.  Such action shall must be begun after the expiration of 8 months 
and within one year after August 1st following the date such taxes were assessed.  The 
proceedings shall must be in accordance with section 941, except that the preliminary 
notice and demand for payment of said the tax as provided in said that section shall may 
not be required.
Sec. 31.  36 MRSA §1503, sub-§4-A, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 196, §5, is 
repealed.
Sec. 32.  36 MRSA §1752, sub-§14, ¶B, as amended by PL 2017, c. 422, §7 and 
affected by §12 and amended by c. 438, §1 and affected by §2, is repealed and the 
following enacted in its place:
B.  "Sale price" does not include:
(1)  Discounts allowed and taken on sales;
(2)  Allowances in cash or by credit made upon the return of merchandise 
pursuant to warranty;
(3)  The price of property returned by customers, when the full price is refunded 
either in cash or by credit;
(4)  The price received for labor or services used in installing or applying or 
repairing the property sold, if separately charged or stated;
(5)  Any amount charged or collected, in lieu of a gratuity or tip, as a specifically 
stated service charge, when that amount is to be disbursed by a hotel, restaurant 
or other eating establishment to its employees as wages;
(6)  The amount of any tax imposed by the United States on or with respect to 
retail sales, whether imposed upon the retailer or the consumer, except any 
manufacturers', importers', alcohol or tobacco excise tax;
(7)  The cost of transportation from the retailer's place of business or other point 
from which shipment is made directly to the purchaser, provided that those 
charges are separately stated and the transportation occurs by means of common 
carrier, contract carrier or the United States mail;
(8)  Any amount charged or collected by a person engaged in the rental of living 
quarters as a forfeited room deposit or cancellation fee if the prospective 
occupant of the living quarters cancels the reservation on or before the scheduled 
date of arrival;
(9)  Any amount charged for the disposal of used tires;
(10)  Any amount charged for a paper or plastic single-use carry-out bag; 
(11)  Any charge, deposit, fee or premium imposed by a law of this State;
(12)  Federal universal service support funds that are paid directly to the seller 
pursuant to 47 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 54; or
(13)  A paint stewardship assessment imposed pursuant to Title 38, section 2144.
Sec. 33.  36 MRSA §1760, sub-§102, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 445, §1 and 
affected by §5, is reallocated to 36 MRSA §1760, sub-§103.
Sec. 34.  36 MRSA §2903-D, as amended by PL 2013, c. 405, Pt. A, §24, is 
further amended to read:
§2903-D.  Distribution of gasoline taxes for nonhighway recreational vehicle 
programs
This section establishes the percentage of gasoline taxes that are attributable to 
snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle and motorboat gasoline purchases and equitably 
distributes that percentage among the appropriate state agencies for the administration of 
programs and the enforcement of laws relating to the use of those recreational vehicles.  
For the purposes of this section, the term "total gasoline tax revenues" means the total 
excise tax on internal combustion engine fuel sold or used within the State, but not 
including internal combustion fuel sold for use in the propulsion of aircraft.
1.  Motorboats.  Of total gasoline tax revenues, 1.4437% is distributed among the 
following agencies in the following manner:
A.  The Commissioner of Marine Resources receives 24.6% for research, 
development and propagation activities of the Department of Marine Resources.  In 
expending these funds, it is the responsibility of the Commissioner of Marine 
Resources to select activities and projects that will be most beneficial to the 
commercial fisheries of the State as well as the development of sports fisheries 
activities in the State; and
B.  The Boating Facilities Fund, established under Title 12, section 1896, within the 
Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Parks and Lands, 
receives 75.4% of that amount.
2.  Snowmobiles.  Of total gasoline tax revenues, 0.9045% is distributed among the 
following agencies in the following manner:
A.  The Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife receives 14.93% of that 
amount, to be used by the commissioner for the purposes set forth in Title 12, section 
1893, subsection 3, section 10206, subsection 2, section 13104, subsections 2 to 13 
and section 13105, subsection 1; and
B.  The Snowmobile Trail Fund of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and 
Forestry, Bureau of Parks and Lands, described in Title 12, section 1893, subsection 
3, receives 85.07% of that amount.
3.  All-terrain vehicles.  Of total gasoline tax revenues, 0.1525% is distributed 
among the following agencies in the following manner:
A.  The ATV Enforcement Grant and Aid Program established in Title 12, section 
10322 receives 50% of that amount; and
B.  The ATV Recreational Management Fund, established in Title 12, section 1893, 
subsection 2 receives 50% of that amount.
The State Tax Assessor shall certify to the State Controller by the 15th day of each month 
the amounts to be distributed and credited under this section as of the close of the State 
Controller's records for the previous month.
The State Tax Assessor shall certify to the State Controller by the 15th day of each 
month the amounts to be distributed and credited under this section as of the close of the 
State Controller's records for the previous month.
Sec. 35.  36 MRSA §5122, sub-§1, ¶LL, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 474, Pt. C, 
§2, is amended to read:
LL.  An amount equal to the net operating loss carry-forward claimed as a deduction 
under the Code, Section 172 in determining federal taxable income for the taxable 
year that was previously allowed as a deduction pursuant to subsection 2, paragraph 
PP QQ.
Sec. 36.  36 MRSA §5122, sub-§2, ¶PP, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 474, Pt. C, 
§3, is reallocated to 36 MRSA §5122, sub-§2, ¶QQ.
Sec. 37.  36 MRSA §5126-A, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 474, Pt. B, §7, is 
amended to read:
2.  Phase-out.  The personal exemption deduction amount determined under 
subsection 1 must be reduced by an amount equal to the total personal exemption 
deduction amount multiplied by a fraction. The numerator of the fraction is the taxpayer's 
Maine adjusted gross income less the applicable amount, except that the numerator may 
not be less than zero, and the denominator is $62,500 in the case of a married individual 
filing a separate return and $125,000 in all other cases.  In no case may the fraction 
contained in this paragraph subsection produce a result that is more than one.  The 
applicable amount used to calculate the numerator in this subsection must be adjusted for 
inflation in accordance with section 5403, subsection 8.
For purposes of this subsection, "applicable amount" means:
A.  For single individuals, $266,700;
B.  For individuals filing as heads of households, $293,350;
C.  For individuals filing married joint returns or surviving spouses, $320,000; or
D.  For married individuals filing separate returns, one-half 1/2 of the applicable 
amount under paragraph C.
Sec. 38.  36 MRSA §5200-A, sub-§2, ¶BB, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 474, Pt. C, 
§7, is reallocated to 36 MRSA §5200-A, sub-§2, ¶FF.
Sec. 39.  39-A MRSA §404, sub-§2, ¶D, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 594, §7, is 
amended to read:
D.  In determining membership in the association for the purposes of annual 
postinsolvency assessments, a successor employer approved for continuing self-
insurance authority under section 403, subsection 14 or a successor employer 
qualifying and receiving a refund under section 403, subsection 14, paragraph H, 
former subparagraph (1) is deemed to be a member of the association from the date of 
the former employer's initial self-insurance authorization.
Sec. 40.  PL 2017, c. 475, Pt. A, §1 is amended to read:
Sec. A-1.  4 MRSA §1610-J, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 284, Pt. FF, §1 and 
reallocated by c. 288, Pt. A, §2, is reallocated to 4 MRSA §1610-K.
Emergency clause.  In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this 
legislation takes effect when approved.
SUMMARY
Section 1 changes a reference to the State Board of Registration for Professional 
Engineers to replace the word "Registration" with "Licensure" in accordance with Public 
Law 2017, chapter 284, Part FFFFF.
Section 2 changes the term "substance abuse disorder" to "substance use disorder" to 
conform with the usage in Public Law 2017, chapter 407, An Act To Implement the 
Recommendations of the Task Force To Address the Opioid Crisis in the State Regarding 
Respectful Language.
Section 3 corrects a cross-reference.
Section 4 corrects a reference to the rate of compensation for the Panel of Mediators, 
as increased by Public Law 2013, chapter 553, section 1, and removes an unnecessary 
cross-reference.
Section 5 repeals a provision of law regarding the compensation of members of a 
committee eliminated by Public Law 1987, chapter 395, Part A, section 174.
Section 6 changes the term "substance abuse" in the law regarding integrated 
treatment and recovery for families to "substance use disorder" to conform with the usage 
in Public Law 2017, chapter 407, An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the 
Task Force To Address the Opioid Crisis in the State Regarding Respectful Language.
Section 7 corrects a cross-reference.
Section 8 corrects a clerical error.
Section 9 corrects a clerical error.
Section 10 corrects a conflict created by Public Law 2017, chapters 248 and 433, 
which affected the same provision of law by incorporating the changes made by both 
laws.
Section 11 corrects a clerical error.
Section 12 corrects a clerical error.
Sections 13 and 14 correct a conflict created by Public Law 2017, chapters 452 and 
457, which enacted 2 substantively different provisions with the same paragraph letter by 
reallocating one of the provisions, and make technical changes.
Sections 15 and 16 correct a conflict created by Public Law 2017, chapters 452 and 
457, which enacted 2 substantively different provisions with the same paragraph letter.
Section 17 corrects a conflict created by Public Law 2017, chapters 452 and 457, 
which enacted 2 substantively different provisions with the same subsection number, by 
incorporating the changes made by both laws and corrects a cross-reference to Title 25, 
section 1542-A, subsection 1, paragraph P as enacted by Public Law 2017, chapter 452, 
which is reallocated in this bill to paragraph S.
Section 18 corrects a clerical error.
Section 19 corrects a clerical error.
Section 20 corrects a clerical error.
Section 21 corrects gender-specific language and makes grammatical changes.
Section 22 corrects gender-specific language.
Section 23 corrects outdated terminology.
Section 24 corrects a reference to the Korean Conflict.
Section 25 corrects a reference to the Korean Conflict.
Section 26 corrects gender-specific language.
Section 27 corrects gender-specific language and makes grammatical changes.
Section 28 corrects gender-specific language and makes a technical correction.
Section 29 corrects gender-specific language and makes a grammatical change.
Section 30 corrects gender-specific language and makes grammatical changes.
Section 31 repeals the law defining "marina or boat yard" in Title 36, chapter 112, 
regarding the watercraft excise tax.  The term is not used in Title 36.
Section 32 corrects a conflict created by Public Law 2017, chapters 422 and 438, 
which enacted 2 substantively different provisions with the same subparagraph number 
by incorporating the changes made by both laws.
Section 33 corrects a conflict created by Public Law 2017, chapters 399 and 445, 
which enacted 2 substantively different provisions with the same subsection number by 
reallocating one of the provisions.
Section 34 corrects a clerical error.
Sections 35 and 36 correct a conflict created by Public Law 2017, chapters 452 and 
474, which enacted 2 substantively different provisions with the same paragraph letter by 
reallocating one of the provisions and correct a cross-reference accordingly.
Section 37 corrects clerical errors.
Section 38 corrects a conflict created by Public Law 2017, chapters 452 and 474, 
which enacted 2 substantively different provisions with the same paragraph letter by 
reallocating one of the provisions.
Section 39 corrects a cross-reference.
Section 40 corrects a clerical error.