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6.__Payment of obligations.__Pay or provide for any and all
amounts that the jail authority may be obligated to pay or
provide for by law or contract, including any resolution or
contract with or for the benefit of the holders of its bonds
and notes and including payment of organizational costs to
Lincoln County and Sagadahoc County.

 
§1953.__Collection of unpaid charges

 
The treasurer of the jail authority may collect the rates,
tolls, assessments, rents, transportation charges and other
charges established by the jail authority and those charges
are committed to the treasurer.__The treasurer may, after
demand for payment, sue in the name of the jail authority in a
civil action for any rate, toll, rent, assessment,
transportation charge or other charges remaining unpaid in any
court of competent jurisdiction. In addition, the treasurer
may order the termination of service for nonpayment of any
amount owed to the jail authority. The treasurer may also
collect rates, tolls, assessments, rents, transportation
charges or other charges remaining unpaid pursuant to Title
36, section 891.

 
§1954.__Guarantee by counties of jail authority bonds and
notes

 
Subject to the consent of the counties, the board of
directors and a majority of the commissioners of each county
may provide by resolution for the issuance, at one time or
from time to time, of guaranteed notes and bonds of the jail
authority for any purpose for which the jail authority may
issue debt.__Bonds issued by the authority under this section
are a municipal security as defined by section 5903 and are
eligible for purchase by the Maine Municipal Bond Bank.__
Except as otherwise provided, notes and bonds issued by the
jail authority in accordance with this section must be
authorized, issued and sold in the same manner as and subject
to the other provisions of this subchapter relating to notes
and bonds.__The principal, premiums, if any, and interest on
notes and bonds issued under this section must be guaranteed
by the counties of the jail authority and the full faith and
credit of the counties must be pledged for the guarantee
provided in this section.__The share of liability of each
county for the guaranteed notes and bonds must be established
in accordance with the method established in the operating and
governance agreement.

 
§1955. Bonds issued by counties

 
For the purpose of assisting the jail authority in financing
the multicounty jail authorized by this chapter, and
notwithstanding any other provision of law, with consent of
the counties, Lincoln County and Sagadahoc County may issue
general


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