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ME LD1168

Bill

Status

Failed

4/24/2025

Primary Sponsor

William Faulkingham

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Origin

House of Representatives

132nd Legislature

AI Summary

  • Adds commercial boat yards to the definition of "working waterfront land" under Maine tax law, making them eligible for current use valuation property tax benefits

  • Defines "commercial boat yard" as a facility that leases storage, docking, or mooring space to watercraft and is used primarily or predominantly by persons engaged in commercial fishing activities

  • Amends 36 MRSA §1132 to explicitly include commercial boat yards alongside wharves, piers, and small fishing houses already covered under the working waterfront classification

  • Presented by Representative Faulkingham of Winter Harbor with bipartisan cosponsorship from coastal district legislators

Legislative Description

An Act to Amend the Law Regarding the Current Use Valuation of Certain Working Waterfront Land with Respect to Commercial Boat Yards

Tax Assessment

Last Action

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

4/24/2025

Committee Referrals

Taxation3/20/2025

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