LD 1880
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Page 1 of 6 An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Loring Development Authority of Maine ... Page 3 of 6
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G. Contract with the Federal Government or its
instrumentalities or agencies, this State or its agencies,
instrumentalities or municipalities, public bodies, private
corporations, partnerships, associations and, individuals
and other persons to carry out the purposes of this article;

 
J. Borrow money, make, issue and sell at public or private
sale negotiable notes, bonds and other evidences of
indebtedness or obligation of the authority for the purposes
under this article and secure the payment of that obligation
or any part of that obligation by pledge of all or any part
of the operating revenues or other revenues or property of
the authority;

 
K. Enter into loan or security agreements with borrowers or
one or more lending institutions, including, but not limited
to, banks, insurance companies and pension funds, or
trustees for those institutions for the purposes for which
bonds may be issued and exercise with respect to those loan
or security agreements all of the powers delineated in this
article for the issuance of bonds;

 
Sec. 3. 5 MRSA §13080-G, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 474, §1, is
amended to read:

 
1. Hearing required. The authority may issue bonds to
finance its activities only after giving notice of the proposed
issuance and its terms at least twice in a newspaper of general
circulation in the county and holding a duly advertised public
hearing on the issuance.

 
Sec. 4. 5 MRSA §13080-G, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1995, c. 495, §§6
and 7, is further amended to read:

 
2. Authority. In addition to the authority provided in
subsection 1-A, the authority may issue bonds from time to time
in its discretion to finance the undertaking of an authorized
activity under this article, including but not limited to the
payment of costs of acquisition, construction, reconstruction,
renovation, equipping, start-up, testing, capitalized interest,
reserves, reuse or improvement within the base undertaken by a
person and the payment of principal and interest upon advances
for surveys and plans, and may issue refunding bonds for the
payment or retirement of bonds previously issued.

 
A. The principal and, interest of and all other amounts that may
at any time become due and payable under the bonds must be made
payable solely from the income, proceeds, revenues and funds of
the authority derived from or held for


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