Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 1505

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • established base of operations: means the location where a commercial vessel has its primary relationship with a municipality. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 1503
  • Municipality: includes cities, towns and plantations, except that "municipality" does not include plantations in Title 10, chapter 110, subchapter IV; or Title 30?A, Part 2. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Tax: means the total amount required to be paid, withheld and paid over or collected and paid over with respect to estimated or actual tax liability under this Title, any credit or reimbursement allowed or paid pursuant to this Title that is recoverable by the assessor and any amount assessed by the assessor pursuant to this Title, including any interest or penalties provided by law. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 111
  • Watercraft: means any type of vessel, boat, canoe or craft capable of being used as a means of transportation on water, other than a seaplane, including motors, electronic and mechanical equipment and other machinery, whether permanently or temporarily attached, and which are customarily used in the operations of the watercraft. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 1503
For the purposes of this chapter, the unorganized territory shall be treated as a municipality. All excise tax payments for watercraft owned by residents of the unorganized territory, nonresidents or a partnership or corporation, domestic or foreign, and principally moored, docked or located or with an established base of operations in the unorganized territory shall be collected and distributed in the same manner as the motor vehicle excise tax. [PL 1985, c. 459, Pt. C, §13 (AMD).]
Revisor’s Note: The 1983 repealer was removed by Proclamation of the Governor on November 26, 1984. This section remains in effect and is not affected by the repealed 1983 laws.
SECTION HISTORY

PL 1983, c. 92, §B9 (NEW). PL 1983, c. 632, §§B6,B7 (RP). PL 1985, c. 459, §C13 (AMD).