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An Act To Reduce the Time within Which a Challenge to a Tax Lien Foreclosure May Be Filed
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 36 MRSA §946-B, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2013, c. 521, Pt. D, §2, is amended to read:
 
1. Tax liens recorded after October 13, 2014 and before October 13, 2015.   A person may not commence an action against the validity of a governmental taking of real estate for nonpayment of property taxes upon the expiration of a 5-year period immediately following the expiration of the period of redemption. This subsection applies to a tax lien recorded after October 13, 2014 and before October 13, 2015.
Sec. 2.  36 MRSA §946-B, sub-§1-A  is enacted to read:
 
1-A.  Tax liens recorded on or after October 13, 2015.     A person may not commence an action against the validity of a governmental taking of real estate for nonpayment of property taxes upon the expiration of a 3-year period immediately following the expiration of the period of redemption. This subsection applies to a tax lien recorded on or after October 13, 2015.
 
SUMMARY
This bill reduces from 5 years to 3 years the length of time in which a challenge to a governmental taking of real estate for nonpayment of taxes may be filed.