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,

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

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 2003-04 is as follows:

Audit - Fiscal Administration $108,207

Education 10,902,895

Forest Fire Protection 150,000

Human Services - General Assistance 77,610

Property Tax Assessment - Operations 647,399

Maine Land Use Regulation Commission -

Operations 185,735

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TOTAL STATE AGENCIES $12,071,846

County Reimbursements for Services:

Aroostook $643,089

Franklin 573,099

Hancock 76,808

Kennebec 6,393

Oxford 362,248

Penobscot 676,840

Piscataquis 522,569

Somerset 773,469

Washington 429,889