{"data":{"id":"us-me/30-a-m.r.s.-5651","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"30-A M.R.S. §5651","heading":"Determination of municipal year; change","body":"The municipal officers shall determine the municipal fiscal year.\nA municipality or plantation may raise one or 2 taxes during a single valuation if the taxes raised are based on appropriations made for a municipal fiscal year that does not exceed 18 months.  A municipal or plantation fiscal year may extend beyond the end of the current tax year and the municipal officers or assessors of a plantation, when changing the municipality's or plantation's fiscal year, may, for transition purposes, adopt one or more fiscal years not longer than 18 months each.","path":["TITLE 30-A: MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES","PART 2: MUNICIPALITIES","CHAPTER 223: MUNICIPAL FINANCES","SUBCHAPTER 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/30-A/title30-Asec5651.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:36Z","sha256":"20aa0caaada49682652eb2e85c578736902583ea4590047e207500421825532c","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/30-a-m.r.s.-5604","next":"us-me/30-a-m.r.s.-5652"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}