Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §685-B, sub-§2, ¶B, as amended by PL 1995, c. 487, §1, is repealed.

Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §685-E, last ¶, as amended by PL 2003, c. 688, Pt. C, §2, is further amended to read:

Beginning with fiscal year 2003-04, a town or a plantation in the commission's jurisdiction or a portion of a town or plantation within the commission's jurisdiction that elects not to administer land use controls at the local level but receives commission services, including planning, permitting and ensuring compliance, must be assessed a fee equal to .0l% of the most recent equalized state valuation established by the State Tax Assessor for that town or plantation or that portion of a town or plantation within the commission's jurisdiction. The State Tax Assessor shall issue a warrant to each such town or plantation or that portion of a town or plantation within the commission's jurisdiction no later than March 1st of each year. The warrant is payable on demand. Interest charges on unpaid fees begin on June 30th of each year and are compounded monthly at the interest rate for unpaid property tax as established by the State Tax Assessor for the unorganized territory. For any assessment that remains unpaid as of September 1st of the year in which it is due, state revenue sharing to that town or plantation or that portion of a town or plantation within the commission's jurisdiction must be reduced by an amount equal to any unpaid warrant amount plus any accrued interest, until the amount is paid. These fees must be deposited to the General Fund.

SUMMARY

This bill allows a fee to be assessed by the Maine Land Use Regulation Commission, LURC, for a zoning petition that seeks to change an area's designation from General Management Subdistrict to a development subdistrict and deletes duplicative language already found in the schedule of fees section of chapter 1 of LURC's rules. This bill also allows a land use service fee assessment based only on the state valuation for the portion of a town or plantation that is within the jurisdiction of LURC or annexed lands that abut organized municipalities.