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LR 247
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §1310, sub-§6, as repealed and replaced by PL 2003,
c. 212, §1, is amended to read:

 
6. Enforcement. If a municipal treasurer fails to pay the
installment due, or any part, on the dates required, to initiate
collection procedures, the treasurer of the school administrative
district may notify the municipal treasurer of the failure to
pay. Interest accrues on each unpaid installment at the rate
established under Title 36, section 186 beginning on the 60th day
after the date the installment is due under subsection 4. If
payment of an installment is not made within 60 days after the
due date, the treasurer of the district may initiate an action in
Superior Court to compel payment of the delinquent installment.
The court shall determine the amount owed by the municipality to
the district and shall order the municipal treasurer to pay all
delinquent installments, accrued interest and any court costs and
reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the district. To ensure
prompt payment of the delinquent installments, the court may
require that amounts due to the municipality from the State under
Title 30-A, section 5681 and Title 36, sections section 578 and
685 be paid to the district until the amount determined by the
court is satisfied. The court shall promptly notify the
disbursing state agency of the determination and direct the
agency to make the required change in payee and the amounts to be
paid. If additional funds are needed to satisfy the amount
determined by the court to be paid to the district, the court may
order the attachment or trustee process and sale of real or
personal property owned by the municipality or the attachment of
the municipality's bank accounts or require property tax payments
to the municipality to be turned over to the court and may pay
the amount owed the district from the proceeds and return any
excess to the municipality.

 
Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §1703, sub-§6, as repealed and replaced by PL 2003,
c. 212, §2, is amended to read:

 
6. Enforcement. If a municipal treasurer fails to pay the
installment due, or any part, on the dates required, to initiate
collection procedures, the treasurer of the community school
district may notify the municipal treasurer of the failure to
pay. Interest accrues on each unpaid installment at the rate
established under Title 36, section 186 beginning on the 60th day
after the date the installment is due under subsection 4. If
payment of an installment is not made within 60 days after the
due date, the treasurer of the district may initiate an action in
Superior Court to compel payment of the delinquent installment.
The court shall determine the amount owed by the municipality to
the district and shall order the municipal treasurer to pay all


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