H.P. 811 - L.D. 1134
An Act to Extend the Maine Residents Property Tax Program to Persons Living in Subsidized Housing Who Receive Certain Disability Payments
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 36 MRSA §6207, sub-§3, ¶A, as amended by PL 1997, c. 530, Pt. A, §33, is further amended to read:
A. Whose housing costs for the year for which relief is requested were subsidized by government programs that limit housing costs to a percentage of household income, except that the exclusion provided by this paragraph does not apply to persons receiving social security disability or supplemental security income disability benefits.
Sec. 2. Appropriation. The following funds are appropriated from the General Fund to carry out the purposes of this Act.
1999-00 2000-01
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
Maine Residents Property Tax Program
All Other $10,000 $10,538
Provides funds to expand the program to persons living in subsidized housing who receive social security disability or supplemental security income disability benefits.
Sec. 3. Retroactivity; application. This Act applies retroactively to August 1, 1999 and applies to claims filed on or after August 1, 1999.
Effective September 18, 1999, unless otherwise indicated.
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