LD 999
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Page 2 of 3 An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Provide Funds for Building Ren... LD 999 Title Page
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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.

 
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.

 
SUMMARY

 
The funds provided by this bond issue, in the amount of
$12,000,000, will be used to make building renovations at all
campuses of the University of Maine System and the Maine
Community College System and to improve and expand the facilities
of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of
Southern Maine. The Osher Foundation has offered to provide
$4,000,000 in private funds to match $2,000,000 in state funds.


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