Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 1131 – Purpose
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 1131
- Property: shall be construed to mean both real estate and personal property. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 501
- Working waterfront land: means a parcel of land, or a portion thereof, abutting water to the head of tide or land located in the intertidal zone that is used primarily or used predominantly to provide access to or support the conduct of commercial fishing activities. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 1132
It is declared that it is in the public interest to encourage the preservation of working waterfront land and to prevent the conversion of working waterfront land to other uses as the result of economic pressures caused by the assessment of that land, for purposes of property taxation, at values incompatible with its use as working waterfront land and that the necessity in the public interest of the enactment of this subchapter in accordance with the Constitution of Maine, Article IX, Section 8 is a matter of legislative determination. [PL 2007, c. 466, Pt. A, §58 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2007, c. 466, Pt. A, §58 (NEW).