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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §2351, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. C,
§§8 and 10, is further amended to read:

 
4. Quasi-municipal corporation or district. "Quasi-municipal
corporation or district" means any governmental unit that
includes a portion of a municipality, a single municipality or
several municipalities and which that is created by law to
deliver public services but which is not a general purpose
governmental unit. "Quasi-municipal corporation or district"
does not include School Administrative Districts school
administrative districts or hospital districts. "Quasi-municipal
corporation or district" specifically includes a nonprofit
corporation established and operated by a municipality or
municipalities for the sole purpose of providing multiple-peril
homeowners liability insurance to the citizens of the
municipality or municipalities comprising the corporation.

 
Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §2358 is enacted to read:

 
§2358.__Creating municipal homeowners liability insurance

 
corporations

 
A nonprofit corporation may be created by a single
municipality or a group of municipalities for the sole purpose of
providing multiple-peril homeowners liability insurance to
citizens of the municipality or group of municipalities.

 
1.__Requirements. A nonprofit corporation created under this
section must be wholly owned and administered by a municipality
or group of municipalities.__Each municipality or group of
municipalities establishing a nonprofit corporation under this
section must have its original charter endorsed at a public
meeting or by public vote in accordance with chapter 121.__A
nonprofit municipal corporation established under this section
shall operate in__accordance with the other provisions of this
chapter and is subject to the provisions of Title 24-A, chapter
41.

 
2. Annual reports.__A nonprofit municipal corporation
established under subsection 1 shall submit reports on an annual
basis to:

 
A.__The municipality or municipalities comprising the
nonprofit corporation;

 
B.__The Superintendent of Insurance; and


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