The legal voters of each city, town and plantation shall vote by ballot on this question and designate their choice by a cross or check mark placed within a corresponding square below the word "Yes" or "No." The ballots must be received, sorted, counted and declared in open ward, town and plantation meetings and returns made to the Secretary of State in the same manner as votes for members of the Legislature. The Governor shall review the returns and, if a majority of the legal votes are cast in favor of the Part, the Governor shall proclaim the result without delay, and the Part becomes effective 30 days after the date of the proclamation.

The Secretary of State shall prepare and furnish to each city, town and plantation all ballots, returns and copies of this Part necessary to carry out the purpose of this referendum.

PART B

Sec. B-1. 10 MRSA §964, sub-§1, ¶I, as amended by PL 1989, c. 774, §2, is further amended to read:

I. Student financial assistance programs; and

Sec. B-2. 10 MRSA §964, sub-§1, ¶J, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 774, §3, is amended to read:

J. Waste oil furnace loan program.; and

Sec. B-3. 10 MRSA §964, sub-§1, ¶K, is enacted to read:

K.__Cranberry Product Loan Program.

Sec. B-4. 10 MRSA §1023-L is enacted to read:

§1023-L.__Cranberry Product Loan Fund

The Cranberry Product Loan Fund, referred to in this section as the "fund," is created.__The fund must be deposited with and maintained and administered by the Finance Authority of Maine.__ All money received by the Finance Authority of Maine from any source for the development and implementation of the Cranberry Product Loan Fund must be credited to the fund.__Any money credited to the fund from the issuance of bonds on behalf of the State for financing loans for cranberry product enterprises may