Maine Statutes
§ 36 §1101 — Purpose
Maine § 36 §1101
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Bluebook
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 36, § 36 §1101 (2026).
Text
It is declared that it is in the public interest to encourage the preservation of farmland and open space land in order to maintain a readily available source of food and farm products close to the metropolitan areas of the State to conserve the State's natural resources and to provide for the welfare and happiness of the inhabitants of the State, that it is in the public interest to prevent the forced conversion of farmland and open space land to more intensive uses as the result of economic pressures caused by the assessment thereof for purposes of property taxation at values incompatible with their preservation as such farmland and open space land, and that the necessity in the public interest of the enactment of this subchapter is a matter of legislative determination.
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Legislative History
PL 1975, c. 726, §2 (NEW).
Nearby Sections
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§ 36 §1101
Purpose§ 36 §1102
Definitions§ 36 §1103
Owner's application§ 36 §1104
Administration; regulations§ 36 §1105
Valuation of farmland§ 36 §1106
Powers and duties; State Tax Assessor§ 36 §1106-A
Valuation of open space land§ 36 §1107
Orders§ 36 §1108
Assessment of tax§ 36 §1109
Schedule; investigation§ 36 §111
Definitions§ 36 §1110
Reclassification§ 36 §1111
Scenic easements and development rights§ 36 §1112
Recapture penalty§ 36 §1112-A
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Bluebook (online)
Maine § 36 §1101, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/me/36%20%C2%A71101.