An Act To Update the Property Tax Exemption for Parsonages
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 36 MRSA §652, sub-§1, ¶G, as amended by PL 1971, c. 111, is further amended to read:
G. Houses of religious worship, including vestries, and the pews and furniture within the same; tombs and rights of burial; and property owned and used by a religious society as a parsonage to the value of $20,000 $100,000, and personal property not exceeding $6,000 in value, but so much of any parsonage as is rented is liable to taxation. For purposes of the tax exemption provided by this paragraph a parsonage shall mean means the principal residence provided by a religious society for its clergyman cleric whether or not located within the same municipality or place as the house of religious worship where the clergyman cleric regularly conducts religious services.
summary
This bill increases the property tax exemption for a parsonage from $20,000 to $100,000.