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LD438 • 2025

An Act to Allow Municipalities to Limit Nonprofit Property Tax Exemptions

An Act to Allow Municipalities to Limit Nonprofit Property Tax Exemptions

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Sponsor
Representative Benjamin Hymes
Last action
2026-01-20
Official status
Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Allow Municipalities to Limit Nonprofit Property Tax Exemptions

An Act to Allow Municipalities to Limit Nonprofit Property Tax Exemptions Sponsor: Representative Benjamin Hymes Reference committee: Taxation Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Allow Municipalities to Limit Nonprofit Property Tax Exemptions Sponsor: Representative Benjamin Hymes Reference committee: Taxation Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-20 Senate

    Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  2. 2026-01-14 Committee

    Reported Out; ONTP

  3. 2026-01-08 Committee

    Work Session Held

  4. 2026-01-08 Committee

    Voted; ONTP

  5. 2025-06-25 House

    Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800.

  6. 2025-06-25 Committee

    Carry Over Approved

  7. 2025-05-23 Committee

    Carry Over Requested

  8. 2025-05-20 Committee

    Work Session Held; TABLED

  9. 2025-02-04 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Taxation.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Allow Municipalities to Limit Nonprofit Property Tax Exemptions
Sponsor:
Representative Benjamin Hymes
Reference committee:
Taxation
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 438
H.P. 292 House of Representatives, February 4, 2025
An Act to Allow Municipalities to Limit Nonprofit Property Tax
Exemptions
Reference to the Committee on Taxation suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative HYMES of Waldo.
Cosponsored by Senator GUERIN of Penobscot and
Representatives: CHAPMAN of Auburn, LANCE of Paris, RUDNICKI of Fairfield, Senator:
BERNARD of Aroostook.

Page 1 - 132LR1411(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 36 MRSA §652, as amended by PL 2023, c. 360, Pt. A, §6, is further
3 amended by enacting at the end a new paragraph to read:
4 Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, if the governing body of
5 a municipality by vote determines that granting an exemption under this section would be
6 detrimental to the residents of that municipality, the governing body may limit the amount
7 of the exemption granted to an organization or institution pursuant to this section.
8SUMMARY
9 This bill provides a municipality the power to limit the amount of a property tax
10 exemption given to a nonprofit institution or organization when the municipality
11 determines by vote that such an exemption would be detrimental to the residents of that
12 municipality.
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