An Act To Establish Municipal Cost Components for Unorganized Territory Services To Be Rendered in Fiscal Year 2013-14

Emergency preamble. Whereas,  acts and resolves of the Legislature do not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and

Whereas,  prompt determination and certification of the municipal cost components in the Unorganized Territory Tax District are necessary to the establishment of a mill rate and the levy of the Unorganized Territory Educational and Services Tax; 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,

Sec. 1. Municipal cost components for services rendered. In accordance with the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 36, chapter 115, the Legislature determines that the net municipal cost component for services and reimbursements to be rendered in fiscal year 2013-14 is as follows:

Audit - Fiscal Administration				$212,810
Education				12,069,217
Forest Fire Protection				150,000
Human Services - General Assistance				55,750
Property Tax Assessment - Operations				948,231
Maine Land Use Planning Commission - Operations				528,612
TOTAL STATE AGENCIES				$13,964,620
County Reimbursements for Services:
	Aroostook			$1,025,114
	Franklin			1,258,685
	Hancock			160,407
	Kennebec			10,056
	Oxford			877,519
	Penobscot			996,500
	Piscataquis			887,371
	Somerset			1,412,944
	Washington			812,645
TOTAL COUNTY SERVICES				$7,441,241
COUNTY TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRIBUTIONS FROM FUND
	Tax Increment Financing Payments			$3,510,000
TOTAL REQUIREMENTS				$24,915,860

COMPUTATION OF ASSESSMENT
Requirements						$24,915,860
Less Deductions:
	General -
		State Revenue Sharing				$0
		Homestead Reimbursement				90,300
		Miscellaneous Revenues				75,000
		Transfer from undesignated fund balance				2,750,000
TOTAL GENERAL DEDUCTIONS						$2,915,300
	Educational -
		Land Reserved Trust				$73,400
		Tuition/Travel				119,000
		Miscellaneous				17,500
		Special - Teacher Retirement				191,900
TOTAL EDUCATION DEDUCTIONS						$401,800
TOTAL DEDUCTIONS						$3,317,100
TAX ASSESSMENT						$21,598,791

Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this legislation takes effect when approved.

summary

This bill establishes municipal cost components for state and county services provided to the unorganized territory that would be paid for by a municipality. The municipal cost components constitute the property tax for the unorganized territory.