Sec. 1. 23 MRSA §3103, as amended by PL 1997, c. 682, §2, is further amended to read:

§3103. Contracts for repair; assessments

The owners, at a meeting held under section 3101, may authorize a contract to be made for making and keeping the way or bridge in repair by the year or for a less lesser time; and may raise money for that purpose and choose assessors to assess it on the owners in proportion to their interests, who as indicated by their assessed valuation for property tax.__The assessors shall deliver their assessment with a warrant for its collection to the commissioner. The warrant must be in substance such as is prescribed for collection of town taxes. The commissioner shall collect the same as town taxes are collected, and be liable for neglect of duty as town collectors are for similar neglects.

SUMMARY

This bill provides that the assessment for the repair or maintenance of a private way or bridge is applied proportionally on the owners according to their assessed valuation for property tax.