Maine legislation · 132nd Legislature
Maine LD1278: An Act to Change the Property Tax Appeal Process
Status: Failed, April 29, 2025
What the bill says
An Act to Change the Property Tax Appeal Process Reference to the Committee on Taxation suggested and ordered printed. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative UNDERWOOD of Presque Isle. Cosponsored by Senator FARRIN of Somerset and Representatives: ARDELL of Monticello, BABIN of Fort Fairfield, DAIGLE of Fort Kent, SWALLOW of Houlton, WOOD of Greene. Printed on recycled paper.
From the engrossed text:
An Act to Change the Property Tax Appeal Process Reference to the Committee on Taxation suggested and ordered printed. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative UNDERWOOD of Presque Isle. Cosponsored by Senator FARRIN of Somerset and Representatives: ARDELL of Monticello, BABIN of Fort Fairfield, DAIGLE of Fort Kent, SWALLOW of Houlton, WOOD of Greene. Printed on recycled paper Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: Sec. 1. 36 MRSA §844, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2001, c. 396, §18, is further amended to read: 1. Municipalities without board of assessment review. Except when the municipality or primary assessing area has adopted a board of assessment review, if the assessors or the municipal officers refuse to make the abatement asked for, the applicant may apply to the county commissioners within 60 days after notice of the decisions from which the appeal is being taken or within 60 days after the application is deemed to have been denied. The applicant may not apply to the county commissioners to appeal a decision of the assessors or the municipal officers with respect to nonresidential property or properties having an equalized municipal valuation of $1,000,000 or greater, either separately or in the aggregate. The applicant must make such an appeal to the State Board of Property Tax Review …
Sponsors
- Joseph Underwood (R, 5) · primary sponsor
- Donald Ardell (R, 6)
- Mark Babin (R, 3)
- Lucien Daigle (R, 1)
- Bradlee Farrin (R, 3)
- Gregory Swallow (R, 7)
- Stephen Wood (R, 92)
Latest actions
- : Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
- : The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION in concurrence
- : Committee on Taxation suggested and ordered printed. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
Subjects: Legislature, APPEAL PROCESS, Senate, Other, PAYMENT, PROPERTY TAX PROCEDURES
Common questions
- What is LD1278?
- LD1278 is a bill in the Maine Legislature (132nd Legislature): An Act to Change the Property Tax Appeal Process.
- What does LD1278 do?
- In its own words: An Act to Change the Property Tax Appeal Process Reference to the Committee on Taxation suggested and ordered printed. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative UNDERWOOD of Presque Isle. Cosponsored by Senator FARRIN of Somerset and Representatives: ARDELL of Monticello, BABIN of Fort Fairfield, DAIGLE of Fort Kent, SWALLOW of Houlton, WOOD of Greene. Printed on recycled paper.
- What is the status of LD1278?
- Failed as of April 29, 2025. Latest action: Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD) (April 29, 2025).
- Who sponsored LD1278?
- Joseph Underwood (R, 5), with 6 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for LD1278?
- On the Maine Legislature website: https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?LD=1278&snum=132
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