The bonds, notes and other obligations of the authority are eligible for purchase pursuant to Title 30-A, chapter 225 and the authority is declared to be a single "governmental unit" within the meaning of Title 30-A, section 5903, subsection 6.__The authority is also authorized to issue bonds, notes or other obligations to the Finance Authority of Maine and the Finance Authority of Maine is authorized to provide financial assistance to the authority pursuant to Title 10, chapter 110, notwithstanding Title 10, section 1041, subsection 3.

Sec. 3. P&SL 1997, c. 79, §14 is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

Sec. 14.__Emergency clause; voting procedure; effective date.__In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this Act takes effect when approved only for the purposes of permitting its submission to the legal voters and city councils of the cities, towns and plantations described in Section 1 of this Act at regular or special town or plantation meetings, city elections or city, town or plantation council meetings called and held for that purpose before June 30, 1999.__Whenever cities, towns and plantations have charters, the manner in which a vote is taken either through a city, town or plantation council meeting, city election or town or plantation meeting must be determined based upon the provisions of the city, town or plantation charter and any such city elections, city, town or plantation council meetings, or town or plantation meetings must be called, advertised and conducted according to the law relating to municipal elections and meetings.__The declaration of the municipal officers of any city, town or plantation that the city, town or plantation has become a member of the authority in accordance with its charter is conclusive and may not be open to question in any court upon any grounds.__Any action that has been taken by the city, town or plantation at a time prior to the amendment of this section, which action is consistent with the provisions of this section as amended is hereby ratified in all respects to the extent that such action is considered for all purposes as being consistent with the provisions of this section as subsequently amended.__The registrars of voters are not required to prepare, nor the clerks to post, new lists of voters.__For the purpose of registration of voters, the registrars of voters must be in session on the secular day next preceding these regular or special meetings.__ The votes taken at any town or plantation meeting must be taken in a manner that enables a written record to be made of the number of yea and nay votes on the question presented to said meeting.