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CHAPTER 212

 
H.P. 435 - L.D. 572

 
An Act To Change the Process of Enforcement of a

 
Municipality's Obligations to a School Administrative

 
District

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

 
Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §1310, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 1981, c. 693, §§5
and 8, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

 
6.__Enforcement.__If a municipal treasurer fails to pay the
installment due, or any part, on the dates required, to initiate
collection procedures, the treasurer of the school administrative
district may notify the municipal treasurer of the failure to
pay.__Interest accrues on each unpaid installment at the rate
established under Title 36, section 186 beginning on the 60th day
after the date the installment is due under subsection 4.__If
payment of an installment is not made within 60 days after the
due date, the treasurer of the district may initiate an action in
Superior Court to compel payment of the delinquent installment.__
The court shall determine the amount owed by the municipality to
the district and shall order the municipal treasurer to pay all
delinquent installments, accrued interest and any court costs and
reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the district.__To ensure
prompt payment of the delinquent installments, the court may
require that amounts due to the municipality from the State under
Title 30-A, section 5681 and Title 36, sections 578 and 685 be
paid to the district until the amount determined by the court is
satisfied.__The court shall promptly notify the disbursing state
agency of the determination and direct the agency to make the
required change in payee and the amounts to be paid.__If


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