121st MAINE LEGISLATURE - FIRST REGULAR SESSION
LEGISLATIVE REQUESTS SORTED BY SUBJECT - UPDATED 1/15/2003

Prepared by the Office of the Revisor Of Statutes
The information in this document is current through January 15, 2003. Changes in sponsorship or title may occur.
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Taxation
TAX - INCOME TAX -
LR 705 NASS An Act to Allow People to Receive Early Tax Refunds in Certain Limited Cases
LR 1068 SNOWE-MELLO An Act to Abolish the Income Tax
LR 1225 KOFFMAN An Act to Establish a Penalty on Gains from the Sale or Exchange of Land from Which Timber has been Harvested
TAX - INCOME TAX - CREDITS
LR 219 BLISS An Act to Create the Family Technology Assistance Tax Credit
LR 398 SIMPSON An Act to Amend the Laws Governing the Quality Child Care Tax Credit
LR 402 STANLEY An Act to Create an Income Tax Credit for Premiums Paid for Health Insurance
LR 572 STRIMLING An Act to Provide Student Loan Forgiveness to Maine Employees
LR 897 SHERMAN An Act to Provide a Tax Credit for Tuition Paid to Private Schools
LR 1166 MAYO An Act Relating to Tax Credits for Historic Preservation Societies
LR 1197 RICHARDSON J An Act to Enhance the Maine Earned Income Tax Credit
LR 1333 MCLAUGHLIN An Act to Provide a Tax Credit to Employers Who Contribute to Employee Health Care Benefits
LR 1465 WOODBURY An Act To Promote and Facilitate Personal Retirement Saving in Maine
LR 1525 COLWELL An Act To Expand the Education Tax Credit
LR 1586 NASS An Act to Establish a Tax Credit for Parents who Homeschool Their Children
TAX - INCOME TAX - DEDUCTIONS
LR 417 DAVIS G An Act to Increase the Income Tax Deduction on Private, Public and Military Pensions from $6,000 to $10,000
LR 251 CLOUGH An Act to Amend the Laws Governing the Deduction of Pension Retirement Benefits from State Income Tax
LR 416 DAVIS G An Act to Amend the Law Pertaining to Tax Exemptions for Public and Private Pensions
LR 417 DAVIS G An Act to Increase the Income Tax Deduction on Private, Public and Military Pensions from $6,000 to $10,000
LR 433 CLOUGH An Act to Provide an Income Tax Deduction for a Qualified State-sponsored 529 Plan for Higher Education Expenses
LR 447 EDMONDS An Act to Provide Federal Civil Service Retirees the Same State Income Tax Deduction as Federal Military Service Retirees
LR 638 MCLAUGHLIN An Act to Exempt Military Pensions from State Income Tax
LR 1018 GAGNON An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Deduction of Pension and Retirement Benefits from State Income Tax
LR 1107 PINGREE An Act to Provide an Income Tax Deduction for Student Loan Interest
LR 1248 PARADIS An Act to Increase the Maine Income Tax Deduction Benefit for Retired Teachers to $10,000
TAX - INCOME TAX - EXEMPTIONS
LR 319 STRIMLING An Act to Provide for Fairer Income Tax Rates
LR 646 LERMAN An Act to Eliminate Discrimination Against Service Center Communities by Amending the Law Regarding Tax-exempt Property
LR 1401 CRESSEY An Act to Protect the Wages of Low-income Wage Earners
LR 1472 CRESSEY An Act to Increase the Personal Income Tax Exemption
TAX - INCOME TAX - RATE
LR 975 GLYNN An Act to Immediately Eliminate the Marriage Penalty Tax
LR 1516 CRESSEY An Act to Establish a Flat Tax Rate for Maine Income Tax
TAX - MISCELLANEOUS TAXES -
LR 840 MILLS P An Act to Enhance Renewable Power
LR 841 MILLS P An Act to Shift Tax Burdens from Wages to Nonrenewable Power Sources
LR 845 MILLS P An Act To Promote Maine Farm and Dairy Products in Place of Soft Drinks in Public Schools and To Create a Maine Residency Program for New Dentists
LR 1379 KETTERER An Act To Ensure Domestic Tranquility
TAX - MISCELLANEOUS TAXES - ALCOHOL TAXES
LR 410 SUSLOVIC An Act to Fund the Fund for a Healthy Maine From an Increase in Liquor Taxes
TAX - MISCELLANEOUS TAXES - EXCISE TAX
LR 340 TWOMEY An Act To Exempt from Sales Tax Sales of Adaptive Equipment To Make a Vehicle Handicapped Accessible
LR 443 EDER An Act to Establish the Clean Car Freebate Program
LR 613 SHIELDS An Act to Provide Certain Veterans an Excise Tax Deduction In Lieu of the Homestead Exemption
LR 941 KNEELAND An Act to Create a Minimal Excise Tax for Farm Trucks
LR 976 GLYNN An Act To Require That the Excise Tax on Vehicles Be Based on the Purchase Price
LR 1173 KNEELAND An Act To Encourage the Development and Use of Domestically Produced Renewable Motor Vehicle Fuels
LR 1217 PELLON An Act to Change the Fee Methods for Taxation of Trucks and Motor Homes
LR 1496 CRESSEY An Act to Bring Equity to the Vehicle Excise Tax
TAX - MISCELLANEOUS TAXES - LODGING & MEALS TAX
LR 315 SAMPSON An Act to Increase the Maine Lodging Tax
LR 1084 SNOWE-MELLO An Act to Lower the Tax on Food in Restaurants from 7% to 5.5%
TAX - MISCELLANEOUS TAXES - MOTOR FUEL TAX
LR 350 GAGNE-FRIEL An Act to Repeal the Annual Indexing of Motor Fuel Taxes
LR 142 MCKENNEY An Act to Make Changes in the Laws Governing the Tax on Motor Fuel
LR 187 LEMOINE An Act to Rename the Gasoline Tax the "Road Services Fee"
LR 350 GAGNE-FRIEL An Act to Repeal the Annual Indexing of Motor Fuel Taxes
LR 497 EDER An Act To Exempt Biodiesel Fuel from the Special Fuel Tax
LR 1270 ROTUNDO An Act to Equalize Fuel Taxes on Vehicles used for Personal Travel
TAX - MISCELLANEOUS TAXES - QUAHOG TAX
LR 1616 DAMON An Act To Reduce the Tax Paid on Mahogany Quahogs
TAX - MISCELLANEOUS TAXES - REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAX
LR 458 DUPLESSIE An Act Concerning Counties' Share of the Real Estate Transfer Tax
LR 1108 PINGREE An Act to Increase the Real Estate Transfer Tax on Transfers for More Than 10% of the Assessed Value of Real Estate
LR 1121 PINGREE An Act To Remove the Exemption for Limited Liability Companies from the Real Estate Transfer Tax
TAX - MISCELLANEOUS TAXES - TOBACCO PRODUCTS TAX
LR 411 SUSLOVIC An Act to Increase the Tax on All Tobacco Products
TAX - OMNIBUS -
LR 171 DUNLAP An Act to Reform the Tax Laws
LR 188 LEMOINE An Act to Restructure the Maine Income Tax Law
LR 229 LEMOINE An Act to Restructure the Tax System and Make the Restructured System Subject to Referendum
LR 392 MCGOWAN An Act to Reform the Laws Governing Taxation
LR 562 TURNER An Act to Limit the Growth of Government Spending and Reform the Tax Code
LR 563 GOODWIN An Act to Fully Fund Local Education with State's Tax Revenues
LR 581 COLWELL An Act to Promote a Strong Maine Economy
LR 824 MILLS P An Act for Comprehensive Reform of Maine's Tax Structure
LR 1697 DUDLEY An Act to Modernize the State's Tax System
LR 1739 RICHARDSON J An Act to Create Equity in the Maine Tax Code
TAX - PROPERTY TAX - APPEALS
LR 509 FLETCHER An Act to Minimize the Litigation Costs to Local Municipalities Associated with Property Tax Assessment Appeals
TAX - PROPERTY TAX - CURRENT USE TAXES
LR 60 BRENNAN RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Protect the Commercial Fishing Industry
TAX - PROPERTY TAX - ELDERLY
LR 84 USHER RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Allow Municipalities to Limit Property Taxes for Elderly Residents
LR 159 LEMOINE An Act to Allow Property Tax Reductions for Seniors
LR 292 BLAIS RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Provide Property Tax Relief for Maine Seniors
LR 1023 GAGNON An Act to Create a Local Property Tax Rebate Program for the Elderly
LR 1605 DUDLEY An Act to Create a Property Tax Deferment Program for the State's Older Residents
LR 1621 MILLETT An Act to Limit Annual Increases in the Property Taxes of Elderly Homeowners
TAX - PROPERTY TAX - EXEMPT OWNERS
LR 78 PINEAU An Act to Increase the Property Tax Exemption for Veterans
LR 78 PINEAU An Act to Increase the Property Tax Exemption for Veterans
LR 800 LEDWIN An Act to Provide a Property Tax Exemption to All Veterans of the United States Armed Services
LR 961 BLANCHETTE An Act to Authorize Towns and Cities to Give Property Tax Relief to Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Medical Service Providers
TAX - PROPERTY TAX - EXEMPT PROPERTY
LR 532 HUTTON An Act to Increase the Value of a Parsonage that is Exempt from the Property Tax
LR 676 COLLINS An Act to Provide a School Funding Exemption
LR 693 DUNLAP An Act Regarding Wildlife Habitat Conservation
LR 1216 PELLON An Act to Impose Municipal Services Fees for Tax-Exempt Property Owners
LR 1227 CARPENTER An Act to Allow Municipalities to Negotiate Payments in Lieu of Property Taxes from Owners of Tax-exempt Property
LR 1422 DUDLEY An Act to Allow Municipalities to Place a Municipal Service Charge on Tax-exempt Institutions
LR 1574 MCNEIL An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Private Property on Which a Body is Buried
LR 1722 TARDY An Act to Exempt from Tax State-mandated Fish Passage Facilities
LR 1730 CRESSEY An Act to Establish Minimum Standards for the Property Tax Exemption for Charitable Institutions
LR 1751 MOORE F An Act Regarding Taxation within Passamaquoddy Territory
TAX - PROPERTY TAX - HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION
LR 80 DAVIS G An Act to Increase the Homestead Property Tax Exemption From $7,000 to $20,000
LR 80 DAVIS G An Act to Increase the Homestead Property Tax Exemption From $7,000 to $20,000
LR 166 DUNLAP An Act to Establish a One-time Uniform Application Process for the Homestead Property Tax Exemption
LR 1582 MILLETT An Act to Increase the Homestead Exemption to $25,000
TAX - PROPERTY TAX - MAINE RESIDENTS PROPERTY TAX PROG
LR 61 BRENNAN An Act To Expand Eligibility for the Circuit Breaker Program
LR 100 MILLS P An Act to Expand the Maine Residents Property Tax Program
LR 207 EDER An Act to Expand the Maine Residents Property Tax Program, the so-called "Circuit Breaker Program"
LR 697 EDER An Act to Facilitate the Application Process for the Property Tax and Rent Rebate Program
LR 1019 GAGNON An Act to Adjust Qualifications for the So-called "Circuit Breaker Program"
LR 1196 RICHARDSON J An Act to Enhance the Maine Resident Homeowners and Renters Property Tax Relief Program
TAX - PROPERTY TAX - PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX
LR 130 LEMOINE RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine Related to the Taxation of Personal Property
LR 146 TRAHAN An Act to Phase Out the Business Equipment Tax Refund
LR 210 EDER An Act to Eliminate the Business Equipment and Machinery Tax
LR 290 BLAIS An Act to Phase Out the Tax on Business Equipment
LR 352 BENNETT R RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Eliminate Business Equipment Tax
LR 551 GOODWIN An Act to Repeal the Reimbursement of Personal Property Tax on Business Machines and Equipment
LR 746 LEMOINE An Act to Make the Business Equipment Tax Reimbursement Program a Local Option
LR 1320 SMITH W An Act To Increase the Value of Real and Personal Property Exempt from Attachment
LR 1659 NORBERT An Act to Clarify the Filing of Municipal Personal Property Tax Liens
TAX - PROPERTY TAX - PROVISIONS REVISED
LR 155 LEMOINE An Act to Provide a municipal Process for an Initiative to Impose a Property Tax Cap
LR 561 TURNER RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Allow Real Estate to be Taxed Differently Based on the Residence of the Owner
LR 1769 MCGOWAN RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Allow the Legislature to Establish a Different Property Tax Rate for Secondary Residential Property for Purposes of Education Funding and to Establish an Education Funding Stabilization Fund
TAX - PROPERTY TAX - REFUNDS
LR 825 MILLS P An Act To Create the Maine Agricultural Property Tax Program
TAX - PROPERTY TAX - RELIEF
LR 65 BROMLEY An Act To Provide Meaningful Property Tax Relief
LR 102 CLARK An Act to Connect the BETR Program with Job Retention
LR 154 LEMONT An Act Allowing Municipalities to Create Property Tax Circuit Breaker Programs
LR 205 EDER An Act to Require Living Wages for State Employees and in All State Contracts
LR 241 ANDREWS An Act to Provide Property Tax Relief to Maine Citizens Who Meet Certain Guidelines
LR 297 PERCY An Act to Establish the Maine Land Bank and Community Preservation Program
LR 303 STRIMLING An Act to Provide Property Tax Relief
LR 365 LEMONT An Act to Repeal the Homestead Property Tax Exemption and In Its Stead Expand the Circuit Breaker Program
LR 617 SHIELDS An Act to Provide That Employee Terminations By Any Company That Receives Monetary Benefits From the State Require Just Cause
LR 1467 WOODBURY An Act to Provide Property Tax Relief to Maine Resident Homeowners
LR 1468 WOODBURY An Act to Provide Voluntary Long-term Property Tax Deferral for Eligible Households
LR 1548 STRIMLING An Act to Improve the Business Equipment Tax Reimbursement Program
LR 1561 MCNEIL RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Cap the Property Taxes of Homes that have Been in the Family for 4 Generations
TAX - PROPERTY TAX - TREE GROWTH TAX
LR 667 JACKSON An Act to Assist American Mills with Tree Growth Management Plan Products
TAX - PROPERTY TAX PROCEDURES - ABATEMENTS
LR 1719 STANLEY An Act to Suspend Property Tax Abatement Appeals When the Taxpayer Fails to Pay Taxes
TAX - PROPERTY TAX PROCEDURES - COLLECTION
LR 967 KNEELAND An Act To Require Disclosure Statements Regarding Proration of Property Taxes When Real Estate is Sold
LR 1337 MCLAUGHLIN An Act to Enhance the Collection of Tax Arrearages
LR 1552 MILLETT An Act to Encourage the Payment of Delinquent Taxes
TAX - PROPERTY TAX PROCEDURES - FORECLOSURE
LR 345 TWOMEY An Act to Ensure that Proceeds After Deduction of Costs from the Sale of Foreclosed Property are Distributed to the Owner
LR 982 GLYNN An Act Concerning Tax-acquired Property
TAX - REVENUE SERVICES BUREAU - PROCEDURES
LR 179 LEMOINE An Act to Expand the Revenue-generating Authority of Municipalities
LR 269 PERRY J Resolve, to Study the Policies of the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Revenue Services Regarding Tax Collection Practices
LR 429 TWOMEY An Act To Increase the Viability of a Resource-based Industry
LR 643 LERMAN An Act to Eliminate Discrimination Against Service Center Communities by Adjusting the 2nd-tier Formula for Revenue Sharing
LR 1330 KOFFMAN An Act to Establish Minimum Environmental Compliance Standards for Subsidized Employers
LR 1335 MCLAUGHLIN An Act to Conform the State Compromise of Tax Liability Procedure with Federal Procedures
TAX - REVENUE SERVICES BUREAU - TAXPAYER RIGHTS
LR 44 DUPREY B An Act to Create a Maine Taxpayer Bill of Rights
LR 242 ANDREWS RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Control State Spending Based on Certain Guidelines
LR 1515 CRESSEY An Act to Strengthen the Maine Taxpayer Bill of Rights
TAX - SALES & USE TAX -
LR 356 BENNETT R An Act to Provide that Gas Purchased for Use in a Generator Be Taxed for Commercial Use
LR 704 SNOWE-MELLO An Act Regarding the Sales Tax Trade-in Credit
TAX - SALES & USE TAX - EXEMPT ITEMS
LR 17 COLLINS An Act to Eliminate the Maine Sales Tax on United States Flags
LR 440 COWGER An Act to Amend the Sales and Use Tax Law Regarding the Food Service and Lodging Industries
LR 629 TOBIN J An Act To Fairly Assess Sales Tax on Vehicles
LR 634 DAIGLE An Act to Clarify the Definition of Commercial Agricultural Production
LR 997 LEMONT An Act to Repeal the Sales Tax On All Over-the-counter Medications
TAX - SALES & USE TAX - EXEMPT PURCHASERS
LR 43 DAVIS P An Act to Provide a Sales Tax Exemption for Nonprofit Organizations That Provide Food and Lodging for Family Members of Patients in Hospitals
LR 73 KANE An Act to Promote Equity Among Health Care Clinics
LR 848 WOODCOCK An Act To Exempt Special Mobile Equipment from Sales Tax
TAX - SALES & USE TAX - GROSS RECEIPTS TAX
LR 829 MILLS P An Act to Shift Tax Burdens from Small Businesses and Wage Earners to the Gross Receipts of Large Retail Stores
LR 830 MILLS P An Act to Create the Maine Community Preservation Fund
LR 1024 GAGNON An Act to Replace the Sales Tax with a Gross Receipts Tax
TAX - SALES & USE TAX - ITEMS TAXED
LR 110 BULL An Act to Expand the Sales Tax
LR 110 BULL An Act to Expand the Sales Tax
LR 832 MILLS P An Act to Remove the Exemption for Dairy Products from the Sales Tax
TAX - SALES & USE TAX - LOCAL OPTION
LR 153 LEMONT An Act Allowing Municipalities to Retain a Percentage of any Increase in the Sales and Use Tax
LR 157 LEMOINE An Act to Permit a Local Option Sales Tax
LR 180 LEMOINE An Act to Allow a Local Option Liquor Tax
LR 421 LEMOINE An Act To Allow a Local Option Tax on Amusements
LR 835 MILLS P An Act to Permit a Limited Local Option Sales Tax
TAX - SALES & USE TAX - PROVISIONS REVISED
LR 939 TRAHAN An Act to Amend the Definition of "Commercial Agricultural Production"
TAX - SALES & USE TAX - RATE
LR 1695 SUKEFORTH An Act to Raise the Sales Tax to 6%
TAX - SALES & USE TAX - SELLER CREDIT
LR 364 LEMONT An Act to Allow Vendors to Retain a Portion of Sales Tax They Collect to Cover Costs
TAX - TAX ASSESSMENT -
LR 189 LEMOINE An Act to Allow Municipalities to assess a Surcharge on New Construction That is Not in a Designated Growth Area
TAX - TAX ASSESSMENT - VALUATION
LR 85 DAVIS G An Act to Enact the Present-home Protection Act
LR 112 BULL Resolve, To Study the Property Valuation Process
LR 129 SULLIVAN Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Stabilize Real Estate Valuation and Protect Ancestral Homes
LR 144 MITCHELL Resolve, To Reduce the State Valuation for the Town of Hermon
LR 406 SUSLOVIC RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Allow Municipalities to Assess 2nd Homes at Up to Twice the Valuation
LR 862 BROMLEY An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Assessment of Property Taxes in the Event of a Change of Ownership of the Property
LR 1006 HALL An Act Concerning Boards of Assessment Review
LR 1253 PARADIS Resolve, to Require That the State Conduct a New Valuation of Private Properties in the Unorganized Territories of Aroostook County
LR 1433 LEMOINE An Act To Clarify Tax Appeal Procedures
LR 1720 MARTIN Resolve, Directing the State Tax Assessor to Adjust the State Valuation for the Town of Ashland
TAX - TAX INCREMENT FINANCING -
LR 559 GOODWIN An Act to Repeal the Tax Incentive for Certain Shipbuilding Facilities
LR 1065 SUSLOVIC An Act To Make Certain Housing an Acceptable Use of Tax Increment Financing
TAX - TAX INCREMENT FINANCING - DISTRICTS
LR 145 MITCHELL An Act to Amend School Administrative District Cost-sharing and County Tax Apportionments to Recognize the Value of Property in Municipal Tax Increment Financing Districts
LR 206 EDER An Act to Extend Tax Increment Financing Zones to Include the Development of Large-scale Rental Housing
LR 787 MILLS P An Act to Establish a Municipal Affordable Housing Development District Tax Increment Financing Program
LR 788 MILLS P An Act To Amend the Tax Increment Financing Laws To Include Affordable Housing
LR 1383 MCLAUGHLIN An Act To Prohibit Government-subsidized Competition with Lodging Establishments

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