CHAPTER 30

S.P. 516 - L.D. 1635

An Act to Increase the Debt Limit of the Calais School

District Trustees

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

Sec. 1. Calais school district, incorporated. Subject to the provisions of section 7, the Calais School District, referred to in this Act as the "district" is established as a body politic and corporate and includes the inhabitants and territory within the City of Calais. The purposes of the district are, for the benefit of the inhabitants of the city, acquiring properties within the City of Calais for school and related athletic and recreational purposes; erecting, enlarging, equipping and maintaining on those properties school buildings and related athletic and recreational facilities with the right to lease or let those properties to the City of Calais; and maintaining and improving other school buildings in the district and maintaining elementary and secondary schools.

Sec. 2. Authority to receive property from City of Calais. The district is authorized to receive from the City of Calais and the City of Calais is authorized to transfer and convey to the district any real, personal or mixed property owned or held by the City of Calais for school purposes and any sum of money or other assets that the City of Calais raises or borrows for school purposes.

Sec. 3. Trustees, how chosen; organization; compensation. The affairs of the district are managed by a board of trustees composed of 3 members who hold office a period of 3 years from the date of their appointment except as otherwise provided by this Act. The trustees must be chosen by the municipal officers of the

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