HP0492
LD 720
Session - 126th Maine Legislature
C "A", Filing Number H-42, Sponsored by
LR 1277
Item 2
Bill Tracking, Additional Documents Chamber Status

Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:

Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §13003, sub-§2, ¶A,  as affected by PL 2003, c. 614, §9 and amended by c. 695, Pt. B, §9 and affected by Pt. C, §1, is further amended to read:

A.  The person registering the snowmobile or ATV is not a resident of this State . Nonresidents are exempt from sales or use tax on snowmobiles under Title 36, section 1760, subsection 25-B and on ATVs under Title 36, section 1760, subsection 25-A;

Sec. 2. 36 MRSA §1760, sub-§23-C, ¶A,  as amended by PL 2005, c. 618, §2, is further amended to read:

A. Motor vehicles, except:

(1) Automobiles rented for a period of less than one year; and

(2) All-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles as defined in Title 12, section 13001;

Sec. 3. 36 MRSA §1760, sub-§25-A,  as amended by PL 2007, c. 438, §40, is repealed.

Sec. 4. 36 MRSA §1760, sub-§25-B,  as amended by PL 2007, c. 438, §41, is repealed.

Sec. 5. Effective date. This Act takes effect October 1, 2013.’

summary

This amendment clarifies that the sales tax exemption for the purchase of a snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle by a nonresident applies only when the vehicle is intended to be driven or transported outside the State immediately upon delivery.


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