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An Act To Exempt Persons 65 Years of Age or Older Whose Income Is Below the Poverty Line from Paying Property Taxes on Their Homes
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 36 MRSA §654, sub-§1, ¶G  is enacted to read:
 
G.  The homestead as defined in section 681 of a person who is 65 years of age or older and whose income is below the poverty thresholds for persons 65 years of age or older most recently established by the United States Census Bureau.
 
SUMMARY
This bill provides an exemption from residential property taxes for the home of a person who is 65 years of age or older and whose income is below poverty thresholds.