| | | Emergency preamble. Whereas, Acts of the Legislature do not become | | effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as | | emergencies; and |
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| | | Whereas, the Legislature, through Private and Special Law 1997, | | chapter 79, established the Kennebec Regional Development | | Authority; and |
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| | | Whereas, several parts of chapter 79 require clarification in | | order to facilitate the organization of the Kennebec Regional | | Development Authority and the issuance of bonds by that entity; | | and |
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| | | Whereas, the completion of the organization of the Kennebec | | Regional Development Authority is vitally necessary at the | | earliest possible time to serve the needs of the central Maine | | area; and |
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| | | Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create | | an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and | | require the following legislation as immediately necessary for | | the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, | | therefore, |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. P&SL 1997, c. 79, §1, first ¶ is amended to read: |
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| | | Sec. 1. Kennebec Regional Development Authority established; incorporation; purposes. | | The territory, cities, towns and plantations that on the | | effective date of this Act comprise the so-called Kennebec Valley | | Economic Development District, which presently comprises all of | | the cities, towns and plantations located within Kennebec and | | Somerset counties and the towns of Unity, Troy, Thorndike, | | Freedom, Palermo and Burnham located along the western border of | | Waldo County, or any combination of such cities, towns and | | plantations, constitute a body politic and corporate to be known | | as the Kennebec Regional Development Authority, referred to in | | this Act as the "authority," for the benefit and welfare of the | | inhabitants thereof and to: |
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| | | Sec. 2. P&SL 1997, c. 79, §4 is amended by adding 2 new paragraphs at | | the end to read: |
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| | | The bonds, notes and other obligations of the authority do not | | constitute any debt or liability of the State or any | | participating city, town or plantation and do not constitute a | | pledge of the faith and credit of the State or any participating | | city, town or plantation nor in any event may such bonds, notes | | or other obligations be payable out of any funds other than those | | of the authority and a statement to that effect must be set forth |
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