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delinquent installments, accrued interest and any court costs and | | reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the district. To ensure | | prompt payment of the delinquent installments, the court may | | require that amounts due to the municipality from the State under | Title 30-A, section 5681 and Title 36, sections section 578 and 685 | | be paid to the district until the amount determined by the court is | | satisfied. The court shall promptly notify the disbursing state | | agency of the determination and direct the agency to make the | | required change in payee and the amounts to be paid. If additional | | funds are needed to satisfy the amount determined by the court to | | be paid to the district, the court may order the attachment or | | trustee process and sale of real or personal property owned by the | | municipality or the attachment of the municipality's bank accounts | | or require property tax payments to the municipality to be turned | | over to the court and may pay the amount owed the district from the | | proceeds and return any excess to the municipality. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 36 MRSA §383, sub-§4, ¶¶A and B, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 32, | | §1, are amended to read: |
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| | | A. Maine Tree Growth Tax Law, section 578; and |
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| | B. Veterans' property tax exemptions, section 653; and. |
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| | | Sec. 4. 36 MRSA §383, sub-§4, ¶C, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 32, §1, is | | repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 5. 36 MRSA §507, first ¶, as amended by PL 1997, c. 643, Pt. HHH, | | §2 and affected by §10, is further amended to read: |
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| | | When a municipality issues a property tax bill to each | | taxpayer, each bill must contain a statement or calculation that | | demonstrates the amount or percentage by which the taxpayer's tax | | has been reduced by the distribution of state-municipal revenue | sharing, state reimbursement for the Maine resident homestead | property tax exemption and state aid for education. The property | | tax bill must contain a statement of the assessed value of a | homestead, before and after the calculation of a Maine resident | homestead property tax exemption, and the amount of the exemption | applied to the homestead. The State Tax Assessor shall annually | | provide each municipality with the amount of state-municipal | | revenue sharing and state aid for education subject to | | identification under this section. |
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| | | Sec. 6. 36 MRSA c. 105, sub-c. 4-B, as amended, is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 7. 36 MRSA §6207, sub-§1, ¶A-1, as amended by PL 2005, c. 2, Pt. | | E, §4 and affected by Pt. E, §§7 and 8, is further amended to | | read: |
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