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under this Act and all sums coming due for payment of bonds at
maturity.

 
Sec. 5. Disbursement of bond proceeds. The proceeds of the bonds must be
expended as set out in section 6 under the direction and
supervision of the Department of Environmental Protection, the
Department of Human Services and the Department of Agriculture,
Food and Rural Resources.

 
Sec. 6. Allocations from General Fund bond issue; to construct water pollution control
facilities, to close and clean up municipal solid waste landfills, to make drinking water system
improvements and to construct new or retrofit existing pollution control structures on Maine
farms to protect the environment. The proceeds of the sale of the bonds
must be expended as designated in the following schedule.

 
2001-02

 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION,

 
DEPARTMENT OF

 
Construction of water pollution control$8,000,000

 
facilities providing the state match for

 
$12,500,000 in federal funds.

 
Grants to municipalities to close and$1,250,000

 
clean up solid waste landfills.

 
HUMAN SERVICES,

 
DEPARTMENT OF

 
Construction of drinking water system$3,000,000

 
improvements for public water supplies

 
providing the state match for $15,000,000

 
in federal funds.

 
AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND RURAL

 
RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF

 
Construction of new or retrofitting$5,000,000

 
of existing manure pollution control

 
structures on Maine farms to comply

 
with state law. These state funds will

 
be matched with federal and private funds.

 
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TOTAL ALLOCATIONS$17,250,000

 
Sec. 7. Contingent upon ratification of bond issue. Sections 1 to 6 do not
become effective unless the people of the


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