130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2021
Legislative Document No. 351
H.P. 249 House of Representatives, February 8, 2021
An Act Regarding Municipal Valuation and State-owned Property
Received by the Clerk of the House on February 4, 2021. Referred to the Committee on
Taxation pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative FOSTER of Dexter.
Cosponsored by Representatives: LANDRY of Farmington, STEARNS of Guilford, TUELL of
East Machias, Senators: DAVIS of Piscataquis, MOORE of Washington.
Printed on recycled paper
 1 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2 Sec. 1. 36 MRSA §651, sub-§1, ¶B, as corrected by RR 2013, c. 1, §51, is amended
3 to read:
4 B. The property of the State of Maine up to 10% of the total equalized value of the
5 otherwise taxable property in the municipality;
6 Sec. 2. Application. This Act applies to property taxes based on the status of
7 property beginning April 1, 2022.
8 SUMMARY
9 This bill changes the property tax exemption for state-owned property by requiring the
10 State to pay municipal property taxes on the state-owned property in a municipality that
11 exceeds 10% of the total valuation of taxable property in the municipality.
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Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 351, HP 249: 36.651