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| Whereas, the Town of Fort Fairfield has secured grant funding to | rehabilitate the armory and must take ownership of the armory as | soon as possible or risk losing the grant money; and |
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| | Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create | an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and | require the following legislation as immediately necessary for | the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, | therefore, |
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 37-B MRSA §101, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 460, §3, is | amended to read: |
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| | The Military Bureau shall have has jurisdiction over and | responsibility for the administration of the state military | forces and the Maine Military Authority. |
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| | Sec. 2. 37-B MRSA §102, sub-§1, ķA, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 460, §3, | is amended to read: |
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| A. The Maine Army National Guard and the Maine Air National | Guard, referred to in this Title as the "National Guard," | when either or both are not in federal service, but not the | Maine Military Authority; and |
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| | Sec. 3. 37-B MRSA §264, sub-§3, ķI, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 662, §29, | is amended to read: |
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| I. The Fort Fairfield Armory located at 25 Columbia Street, | Fort Fairfield by means of a quitclaim deed, subject to all | easements of record, to the inhabitants of the Town of Fort | Fairfield for the sum of $1 as long as the inhabitants of | the Town of Fort Fairfield agree to indemnify and hold | harmless the State from all claims, including any | environmental clean-up costs that may arise from the land or | buildings constituting the Fort Fairfield Armory and this | transfer is determined to be a transfer for not less than | appraised value as specified in subsection 1 in view of the | economic conditions of northern Aroostook County, the | financial contributions made by the Town of Fort Fairfield | to the armory and the environmental conditions existing at | the site. |
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| | Sec. 4. 37-B MRSA §391, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 374, §8, is | amended to read: |
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