Sec. K-1. 23 MRSA §1803-B, sub-§1, ¶A, as repealed and replaced by PL 2001, c. 471, Pt. D, §22 and affected by §23, is amended to read:
A. Rural Road Initiative funds must be distributed as follows.
(1) Funds are distributed at a rate of $600 per year per lane mile for all rural state aid minor collector roads and all public roads maintained by a municipality located outside urban compact areas as defined in section 754, except that funds are distributed at a rate of $300 per year per lane mile for all seasonal public roads.
(2) Effective July 1, 2000, funds must be used for capital improvements as defined by this chapter, or for capital improvements to state aid minor collector roads as described in subsection 5. Prior to July 1, 2000, funds may be used only for the maintenance and improvement of public roads. In municipalities, counties and Indian reservations in which there are no rural state aid minor collector roads, funds may also be used for winter highway maintenance, acquisition of highway maintenance equipment or the construction of highway maintenance buildings if the governing legislative body affirmatively votes that its town ways and local bridges are in sufficiently good condition so as to not require significant repair or improvement for at least 10 years.
Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this Act takes effect when approved, unless otherwise indicated.
Effective March 27, 2002, unless otherwise indicated.
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