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Maine Revised Statutes, Title 36, § 6209: Annual adjustment, 1987

The State Tax Assessor must annually calculate and apply household income eligibility adjustment factors, with specified rounding rules.

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Annual adjustment

The State Tax Assessor must annually calculate and apply household income eligibility adjustment factors, with specified rounding rules.

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The State Tax Assessor must annually calculate and apply household income eligibility adjustment factors, with specified rounding rules.

1. Household limitation adjustment. The State Tax Assessor shall determine annually the household income eligibility adjustment factor. That factor must be multiplied by the applicable income limitations in section 6206, as previously adjusted according to this subsection, for the year prior to that for which relief is requested. The result must be rounded to the nearest $100 and applies to the year for which relief is requested corresponding to the year on which the annualized cost of living adjustments were based. [PL 2005, c. 2, Pt. E, §6 (AMD); PL 2005, c. 2, Pt. E, §§7, 8 (AFF).] 2. Benefit base maximum adjustment. [PL 2007, c. 539, Pt. BBBB, §2 (RP).] 3. Benefit base maximum adjustment. Beginning March 1, 2009, the State Tax Assessor shall annually multiply the household income eligibility adjustment factor by the maximum benefit base amounts specified in section 6201, subsection 1, as previously adjusted. The result must be rounded to the nearest $50 and applies to the application period beginning the next August 1st. [PL 2007, c. 700, Pt. A, §3 (NEW).] 4. Income eligibility adjustment. Beginning March 1, 2009, the State Tax Assessor shall annually multiply the household income eligibility adjustment factor by the maximum income eligibility amounts specified in section 6207, subsection 2‑A, as previously adjusted. The result must be rounded to the nearest $50 and applies to the application period beginning the next August 1st. [PL 2009, c. 434, §81 (AMD).]
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