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LD 1052 Title Page An Act To Require Municipalities To Institute Sewer Service Charges LD 1052 Title Page
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LR 1996
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §3406, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A,
§2 and Pt. C, §106 and amended by PL 1989, c. 6; c. 9, §2; and c.
104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is further amended to read:

 
The municipal officers may shall establish a schedule of
service charges from time to time upon improved real estate
connected with a municipal sewer or disposal system for the use
of the system. These service charges shall must include reserve
fund contributions. The service charges required under this
paragraph must cover the expenses of the municipal sewer or
disposal system.__A municipality may not pay for system expenses
from other municipal funds.

 
Sec. 2. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2007.

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill requires municipalities after January 1, 2007 to pay
for a municipal sewer or disposal system through user fees rather
than with other municipal funds.


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