| | | (5) The sum of $500,000 for the overboard discharge removal | | program to provide grants to municipalities and individuals | | to eliminate licensed overboard discharges to shellfish | | areas, great ponds and drainage areas of less than 10 square | | miles; |
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| | | (6) The sum of $1,200,000 to support drinking water system | | improvements that address public health threats, providing | | the state match for $4,140,000 in federal funds; and |
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| | | (7) The sum of $750,000 to construct environmentally sound | | water sources that help avoid drought damage to crops?" |
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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 Part, the Governor shall proclaim the result without | | delay, and this Part 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 Part | | necessary to carry out the purposes of this referendum. |
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| | | Sec. C-1. Authorization of bonds. The Treasurer of State is authorized, | | under the direction of the Governor, to issue bonds in the name | | and on behalf of the State in an amount not exceeding $19,000,000 | | for the purposes described in section 6 of this Part. The bonds | | are a pledge of the full faith and credit of the State. The | | bonds may not run for a period longer than 10 years from the date | | of the original issue of the bonds. At the discretion of the | | Treasurer of State, with the approval of the Governor, any | | issuance of bonds may contain a call feature. |
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| | | Sec. C-2. Records of bonds issued kept by Treasurer of State. The Treasurer of | | State shall keep an account of each bond showing the number of | | the bond, the name of the successful bidder to whom sold, the | | amount received for the bond, the date of sale and the date when | | payable. |
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| | | Sec. C-3. Sale; how negotiated; proceeds appropriated. The Treasurer of | | State may negotiate the sale of the bonds by |
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