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| | | An Act To Improve Security at State Courthouses |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 4 MRSA §58 is enacted to read: |
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| | | §58.__Courthouse Security Fund |
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| | | 1.__Creation of fund.__The Courthouse Security Fund, referred | | to in this section as "the fund," is created under the | | jurisdiction and control of the Supreme Judicial Court. |
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| | | 2.__Source of fund.__The fund consists of all money | | appropriated or allocated for inclusion in the fund, from | | whatever source, and any other resources available to the fund. |
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| | | 3. Application of fund.__Money in the fund may be used to | | improve security and improve public safety at court facilities | | under the control of the State or a subdivision of the State.__ | | Money in the fund not needed to meet the requirements of this | | subsection may accrue interest and be invested in a manner | | permitted by law. |
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| | | 4. Revolving fund. The fund is a nonlapsing, revolving fund. |
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| | | Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and | | allocations are made. |
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