Sec. C-15. 30-A MRSA §1802, sub-§3-A is enacted to read:

3-A.__County; counties.__"County" means either Lincoln County or Sagadahoc County, and "counties" means both Lincoln County and Sagadahoc County.

Sec. C-16. Retroactivity. Those sections of this Part that amend the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 30-A, section 1802, subsection 3 and that enact Title 30-A, section 1802, subsection 3-A apply retroactively to May 21, 2003.

Sec. C-17. 30-A MRSA §1952, first ¶, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 228, §1, is amended to read:

All persons, firms and corporations, whether public or private, and each county shall pay to the treasurer of the jail authority formed under this chapter the rates, tolls, assessments, rents, transportation charges and other charges established by the directors for services provided by the jail authority. In this subchapter, the words "other charges" include, but are not limited to, interest on delinquent accounts at a rate not to exceed the highest lawful rate set by the Treasurer of State for municipal taxes. The jail authority may submit periodic bills directly to individual users or to the counties as determined by the directors.

Sec. C-18. 30-A MRSA §1954, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 228, §1, is amended by adding at the end a new paragraph to read:

If the issuance of guaranteed notes and bonds of the jail authority is authorized pursuant to this section, then a county is authorized to guarantee the payment of the principal of and premiums, if any, and interest on notes and bonds issued by the jail authority and to pledge the full faith and credit of the county to the payment of the principal of and premiums, if any, and interest on notes and bonds issued by the jail authority.__ Any amount that is payable pursuant to a guarantee authorized pursuant to this section is payable from sums annually apportioned by a county among the towns and other places within the territorial limits of the county and assessed upon the taxable property in the county and the sums so apportioned and assessed are payable from ad valorem taxes that may be levied without limit as to rate or amount upon all the property within the territorial limits of each town or place taxable by the town or place, except as otherwise provided by law.