CHAPTER 47

S.P. 242 - L.D. 744

An Act To Make Technical Changes to the Laws Establishing

the Lincoln and Sagadahoc Multicounty Jail Authority

Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts of the Legislature do not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and

Whereas, this legislation needs to take effect before the expiration of the 90-day period to allow the Lincoln and Sagadahoc Multicounty Jail Authority to issue bonds in a timely fashion; and

Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, therefore,

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

Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §1851, sub-§4 is enacted to read:

4.__Establishment.__The Lincoln and Sagadahoc Multicounty Jail Authority is established as a public body corporate and politic and a public instrumentality of the counties, and the exercise by the authority of the powers conferred by this chapter must be deemed and held to be the performance of essential governmental functions.