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| Sec. 9. Bonds authorized but not issued. Any bonds authorized but not | | issued, or for which bond anticipation notes are not issued within | | 5 years of ratification of this Act, are deauthorized and may not | | be issued, except that the Legislature may, within 2 years after | | the expiration of that 5-year period, extend the period for issuing | | any remaining unissued bonds or bond anticipation notes for an | | additional amount of time not to exceed 5 years. |
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| | | Sec. 10. Referendum for ratification; submission at statewide election; form of | | question; effective date. This Act must be submitted to the legal voters | | of the State at a statewide election held on the Tuesday | | following the first Monday of June following passage of this Act. | | The municipal officers of this State shall notify the inhabitants | | of their respective cities, towns and plantations to meet, in the | | manner prescribed by law for holding a statewide election, to | | vote on the acceptance or rejection of this Act by voting on the | | following question: |
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| | | "Do you favor a $13,300,000 bond issue to address health, | | safety and compliance deficiencies in the University of | | Maine System; to expedite the creation of a community | | college system; to make improvements to state parks; to make | | cultural improvements; and to modernize the state court | | system?" |
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| | | The legal voters of each city, town and plantation shall vote | | by ballot on this question and designate their choice by a cross | | or check mark placed within a corresponding square below the word | | "Yes" or "No." The ballots must be received, sorted, counted and | | declared in open ward, town and plantation meetings and returns | | made to the Secretary of State in the same manner as votes for | | members of the Legislature. The Governor shall review the | | returns and, if a majority of the legal votes are cast in favor | | of this Act, the Governor shall proclaim the result without | | delay, and this Act becomes effective 30 days after the date of | | the proclamation. |
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| | | The Secretary of State shall prepare and furnish to each city, | | town and plantation all ballots, returns and copies of this Act | | necessary to carry out the purposes of this referendum. |
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| | | Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, | | this Act takes effect when approved. |
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| | | The funds provided by this bond issue, in the amount of | | $13,300,000, will be used for the following purposes: |
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