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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 36 MRSA §198, sub-§3, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 708, §20,
is amended to read:

 
B. Chapter 105, subchapters subchapter IV and IV-B.

 
Sec. 2. 36 MRSA §501, sub-§§1-A, 4-A, 6-A and 11 are enacted to read:

 
1-A. Commercial, agricultural and industrial property.__
"Commercial, agricultural and industrial property" means all real
estate and tangible personal property subject to property
taxation used or held for use for a business purpose.

 
4-A.__Permanent residence.__"Permanent residence" means that
place where an individual has a true, fixed and permanent home
and principal establishment to which the individual, whenever
absent, has the intention of returning.__An individual may have
only one permanent residence at a time and, once permanent
residence is established, that residence is presumed to continue
until circumstances indicate otherwise.

 
6-A. Primary residential property. "Primary residential
property" means any residential property in this State assessed
as real property owned by a resident of the property or held in a
revocable living trust for the benefit of a resident and occupied
by that resident as the resident's permanent residence.__"Primary
residential property" does not include any real property used
solely for commercial, agricultural or industrial purposes.

 
11.__Tracts of undeveloped property not enrolled in a current
use taxation program.__"Tracts of undeveloped property not
enrolled in a current use taxation program" means any separately
deeded parcel of land 10 acres or greater in size that is
completely undeveloped and supports no buildings, improvements or
structures of any kind and that is not classified for current use
taxation under subchapter II-A or subchapter X.

 
Sec. 3. 36 MRSA §507, as amended by PL 1997, c. 643, Pt. HHH, §2
and affected by §10, is further amended to read:

 
§507. Taxpayer information

 
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


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