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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

  1. 2025-06-10 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-03 House

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

  3. 2025-06-03 Senate

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.

  4. 2025-06-02 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM

  5. 2025-05-13 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-05-13 Committee

    Voted; OTP-AM

  7. 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

Read the full stored bill text
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