Maine Code § 36-1487

Collection of tax
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1. Municipal tax collector. In the case of municipalities or a municipally owned airport or
seaplane base, the municipal tax collector or such other person as the municipality may designate shall
collect excise tax and shall deposit the money received with the municipal treasurer monthly.
A. The collector shall report to the municipal officers at the end of the municipal year, showing
the total amount of excise tax collected by the collector and the amounts applying to each year.
[PL 2025, c. 113, Pt. D, §75 (AMD).]
[PL 2025, c. 113, Pt. D, §75 (AMD).]
1-A. County treasurer. In the case of a county owned airport or seaplane base the county treasurer
or such other person as the county commissioners may designate shall collect such excise tax and shall
deposit the money received with the county treasurer monthly.
A. The collector shall report to the county commissioners at the end of the county year, showing
the total amount of excise tax collected by the collector and the amounts applying to each year.
[PL 2025, c. 113, Pt. D, §76 (AMD).]
[PL 2025, c. 113, Pt. D, §76 (AMD).]
2. State Tax Assessor. The State Tax Assessor shall appoint agents to collect the excise tax in the
unorganized territory. Agents, including municipal tax collectors or their designees, are allowed a fee
of $6 for each tax receipt issued. The State Tax Assessor may authorize the offset of credit card fees
incurred in the collection of the excise taxes against the receipts from those collections. Agents shall
deposit the remainder on or before the 20th day of each month following receipt with the Treasurer of
State. The Treasurer of State shall make quarterly payments to each county in an amount that is equal
to the receipts for that period from each county. Those payments must be made at the same time as
payments under section 1606. County receipts under this section must be deposited in the county’s
unorganized territory fund.
[PL 2017, c. 170, Pt. B, §9 (AMD).]
2-A. Agent for collecting excise tax. The State Tax Assessor may appoint the Secretary of State
as an agent for the purpose of collecting excise tax for the unorganized territory.
[PL 2017, c. 288, Pt. A, §45 (AMD).]
3. Tribal clerk.

[PL 1979, c. 732, §27, §31 (RP).]

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