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An Act to Protect Residents of Mobile Home Parks by Amending the Real Estate Transfer Tax

An Act to Protect Residents of Mobile Home Parks by Amending the Real Estate Transfer Tax

Taxes
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Senator Donna Bailey
Last action
2025-07-01
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Protect Residents of Mobile Home Parks by Amending the Real Estate Transfer Tax

An Act to Protect Residents of Mobile Home Parks by Amending the Real Estate Transfer Tax Sponsor: Senator Donna Bailey Reference committee: Taxation Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Protect Residents of Mobile Home Parks by Amending the Real Estate Transfer Tax Sponsor: Senator Donna Bailey Reference committee: Taxation Governor action: Signed by the Governor

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR0894(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR0894(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1768 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • S- ) 3TAXATION 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6SENATE 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to S.P.

Bill History

  1. 2025-07-01 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-25 Senate

    On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence.

  3. 2025-06-04 House

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. 2025-06-02 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP

  5. 2025-05-13 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-05-13 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  7. 2025-04-23 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Taxation.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Protect Residents of Mobile Home Parks by Amending the Real Estate Transfer Tax
Sponsor:
Senator Donna Bailey
Reference committee:
Taxation
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR0894(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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S.P. 686 - L.D. 1768
An Act to Protect Residents of Mobile Home Parks by Amending the Real
Estate Transfer Tax
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §4852, sub-§2, ¶A, as repealed and replaced by PL 1989, c.
48, §§5 and 31, is amended by amending subparagraph (5) to read:
(5) Pay the administrative costs of state public bodies or other public
instrumentalities and private, nonprofit corporations directly associated with
housing projects; and
Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §4852, sub-§2, ¶A, as repealed and replaced by PL 1989, c.
48, §§5 and 31, is amended by enacting a new subparagraph (5-A) to read:
(5-A) Maintain housing affordability in mobile home parks to support ownership
of mobile home parks by mobile home owner's associations, resident-owned
housing cooperatives or other nonprofit entities representing the interests of mobile
home owners in mobile home parks; and
Sec. 3. 36 MRSA §4641-C, sub-§20, as amended by PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. E, §3
and affected by PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14, is further amended to read:
20. Controlling interests. Transfers of controlling interests in an entity with a fee
interest in real property if the transfer of the real property would qualify for exemption if
accomplished by deed of the real property between the parties to the transfer of the
controlling interest; and
Sec. 4. 36 MRSA §4641-C, sub-§21, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. E, §4 and
affected by PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14, is amended to read:
21. Transfers pursuant to transfer on death deed. Any transfer of real property
effectuated by a transfer on death deed pursuant to Title 18‑C, Article 6, Part 4.; and
Sec. 5. 36 MRSA §4641-C, sub-§22 is enacted to read:
22. Certain deeds of mobile home park. Deeds conveying ownership of a mobile
home park from its owner to a majority of residents of the park at the time of conveyance
who are residents of the State or a mobile home owners' association of the mobile home
APPROVED
JULY 1, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
484
PUBLIC LAW
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park organized in this State when the conveyance is made pursuant to Title 10, section
9094-A.
Sec. 6. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and
allocations are made.
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
Revenue Services, Bureau of 0002
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for computer programming costs.
GENERAL FUND 2025-26 2026-27
All Other $53,000 $0
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $53,000 $0