Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A. Municipalities and Counties § 2552. Designation of officials

A. Assessors and their assistants shall be chosen annually on the 2nd Monday of March to serve for one year and until others are chosen and qualified in their places, unless the city charter provides otherwise.

B. In addition to the assistant assessors chosen under a city charter, the municipal officers may authorize the assessors to appoint any necessary assistants to serve during the municipal year in which they are appointed.

C. Notwithstanding the provisions of any city charter to the contrary, the city council, by ordinance, may provide for a single assessor whose powers and duties are the same as for towns, and who is appointed for a term not exceeding 5 years.

A. Any city choosing a single assessor may adopt a board of assessment review by vote of the city council at least 90 days before the annual city election.

B. The board of assessment review shall consist of 3 members appointed by the city council.

C. The city council, when adopting a board of assessment review, may fix the compensation of the board's members. One member shall be appointed for one year, one member for 2 years and one member for 3 years. Thereafter, the term of each new member is 3 years.

D. Any city adopting a board of assessment review may discontinue the board by vote of the city council at least 90 days before the annual city election, in which case the board ceases to exist at the end of the municipal year.

E. Cities with a population of 5,000 or more may provide by ordinance for a board of assessment review consisting of 5 or 7 members. The terms of office of members must not exceed 5 years and initial appointments must be such that the terms of office of no more than 2 members will expire in any single year.

F. This subsection does not apply in any city which is incorporated into a primary assessing area.

A. They shall assume the duties of office on the Monday following election.

B. They shall hold office for one year and until others are chosen and qualified in their places.