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valuation attributable to the increased valuation of forest
land to the original tax committed and dividing this sum by
the modified total municipal valuation. The adjusted tax rate
is then applied to the valuation of forest land based on the
undeveloped acreage valuations, adjusted by the certified
ratio, to determine the adjusted tax.

 
B. The municipal savings in educational costs is determined
by multiplying the school subsidy index by the change in
state valuation attributable to the use of the valuations
determined in accordance with this subchapter on classified
forest lands rather than their valuation using the
undeveloped acreage valuations used in the state valuation
then in effect.

 
Sec. 14. 36 MRSA §1752, sub-§6-A, as amended by PL 1989, c. 501, Pt.
V, §§1 and 5, is further amended to read:

 
6-A. Manufacturing facility. "Manufacturing facility" means
a site at which is are located machinery and equipment used
directly and primarily in either the production of tangible
personal property intended to be sold or leased ultimately for
final use or consumption or the production of tangible personal
property pursuant to a contract with the United States Government
or any agency thereof. It includes the machinery and equipment
and all machinery, equipment, structures and facilities located
at the site and used in support of production or associated with
the production. "Manufacturing facility" does not include a site
that is not primarily engaged in the production of tangible
personal property.

 
Sec. 15. 36 MRSA §1752, sub-§11, ¶B, as amended by PL 1999, c. 488, §3
and c. 516, §2 and affected by §7, is repealed and the following
enacted in its place:

 
B.__"Retail sale" does not include:

 
(1)__Any casual sale;

 
(2)__Any sale by a personal representative in the
settlement of an estate, unless the sale is made
through a retailer, or unless the sale is made in the
continuation or operation of a business;

 
(3)__The sale, to a person engaged in the business of
renting automobiles, of automobiles, integral parts of
automobiles or accessories to automobiles, for rental
or for use in an automobile rented on a short-term
basis;


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