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consolidating municipality, including but not limited to general
obligation debts of any school administrative unit that served
the consolidating municipality prior to its formation of a
municipal service district, that:

 
A.__Were incurred prior to June 30, 2003; and

 
B.__Must be paid using property tax revenue, as opposed to
user fees, state grants, loans or revenues other than those
provided pursuant to this section, or other federal, state
or local revenue sources other than property tax.

 
Sec. B-5. Legislative implementation. No later than March 1, 2004, the
Joint Standing Committee on Taxation and the Joint Standing
Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs shall review
and may report out legislation in accordance with the intentions
of and not inconsistent with this Resolution to further clarify
and govern the design, implementation, management and oversight
of the financial incentives for the formation of municipal
service districts provided by education cost control assistance
under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, chapter 613, state
assumption of county tax obligations under Title 30-A, section
709, the municipal debt assumption under Title 30-A, section 5686
and the Municipal Service District Fund established in Title 30-
A, chapter 112-A, including but not limited to provisions
regarding transfers to and from the Municipal Service District
Fund from the General Fund to effectuate the purposes and intent
of this Resolution. No later than March 1, 2004, the Joint
Standing Committee on State and Local Government shall review the
State's statutes regarding the rights, duties and obligations of
municipalities, including those laws in Title 30-A, and develop
and report out legislation to amend those laws, as necessary, in
accordance with the intentions of and not inconsistent with the
purposes and intents of this Resolution.

 
PART C

 
Sec. C-1. 36 MRSA §661, sub-§4-A is enacted to read:

 
4-A.__Payment to municipal service district municipalities.__A
municipality that receives payment pursuant to subsection 4 that
is a member of a municipal service district, as established by
Title 30-A, chapter 112, shall pay that same amount to the
Treasurer of State.

 
Sec. C-2. 36 MRSA §661, sub-§6 is enacted to read:

 
6.__Municipal service districts.__Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, a municipal service district established in


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