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LD1783 • 2025
An Act to Clarify Municipal Affordable Housing Tax Increment Financing
An Act to Clarify Municipal Affordable Housing Tax Increment Financing
Housing
Taxes
Enacted
This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.
- Sponsor
- Representative Suzanne Salisbury
- Last action
- 2025-06-10
- Official status
- Signed by the Governor
- Effective date
- Not listed
Plain English Breakdown
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An Act to Clarify Municipal Affordable Housing Tax Increment Financing
An Act to Clarify Municipal Affordable Housing Tax Increment Financing
Sponsor:
Representative Suzanne Salisbury
Reference committee:
Taxation
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor
What This Bill Does
- An Act to Clarify Municipal Affordable Housing Tax Increment Financing
Sponsor:
Representative Suzanne Salisbury
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 - 132LR1418(02)
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
1 L.D.
- Page 1 - 132LR1418(02)
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
1 L.D.
- 1783
2 Date: (Filing No.
- H- )
3TAXATION
4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
- 5STATE OF MAINE
6HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
7132ND LEGISLATURE
8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION
9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.
Bill History
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2025-06-10
Governor
Signed by the Governor
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2025-06-03
House
PASSED TO BE ENACTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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2025-06-03
Senate
PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.
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2025-06-02
Committee
Reported Out; OTP-AM
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2025-05-13
Committee
Work Session Held
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2025-05-13
Committee
Voted; OTP-AM
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2025-04-24
Committee
Referred to Committee on Taxation.
Official Summary Text
An Act to Clarify Municipal Affordable Housing Tax Increment Financing
Sponsor:
Representative Suzanne Salisbury
Reference committee:
Taxation
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor
Current Bill Text
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Page 1 - 132LR1418(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 1194 - L.D. 1783
An Act to Clarify Municipal Affordable Housing Tax Increment Financing
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §5248, sub-§2, ¶G, as amended by PL 2013, c. 312, §3, is
further amended to read:
G. The duration of the program, which may start starts and ends during any the tax
year years specified in the approval of the affordable housing development program by
a municipal legislative body, except that the program duration may not exceed the
earlier of 30 years after the tax year in which the affordable housing is placed in service,
as evidenced by issuance of a municipal certificate of occupancy, and 35 years after
the tax year in which the designation of the district is approved by the director as
provided in section 5250, subsection 3; and
Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §5250-E, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 426, §1, is
amended to read:
1. Reports. The legislative body of a municipality must shall report annually to the
director regarding the status of an affordable housing development district. The legislative
body of the municipality may delegate the annual reporting requirement to a municipal
officer in the initial designation of the affordable housing development district. The report
must:
A. Certify that the public purpose of the affordable housing district, as outlined in this
subchapter, is being met;
B. Account for any sales of property within the district; and
C. Certify that rental units within the affordable housing development district have
remained affordable.
APPROVED
JUNE 10, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
252
PUBLIC LAW