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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. 5 MRSA §13080-A, sub-§6, as corrected by RR 1997, c. 2, §19, | is amended to read: |
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| | 6. Loring Air Force Base. "Loring Air Force Base" or "base" | means those properties and facilities within the geographic | boundaries of the United States Department of Defense air force | base at Limestone existing on July 13, 1993. "Base" also | includes the Madawaska dam site, the Loring Water System, the | Loring #3 communications site in Limestone, the pipeline from | Searsport to Limestone and other geographically separate property | that the authority determines should be deemed considered part of | the base, if the municipality in which the property is located | has chosen not to accept the property and utilize it for other | purposes. |
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| | Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §13080-B, sub-§1, ¶¶G, J and K, as enacted by PL 1993, c. | 474, §1, are amended to read: |
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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; |
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| 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; |
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| 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; |
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