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PUBLIC LAWS OF MAINE
First Regular Session of the 121st

CHAPTER 267
H.P. 926 - L.D. 1252

An Act To Authorize Water and Wastewater Districts To Lease Their Assets

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

     Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA §6109-A is enacted to read:

§6109-A.    Lease of property by consumer-owned water utility

     1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

     2. Agreements authorized. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in its charter, a consumer-owned water utility may enter into a lease and leaseback transaction with respect to some or all of its real or personal property, other than land, and may take all other action necessary or desirable, including, but not limited to, the granting of mortgages and liens, to effectuate the transaction. For purposes of this subsection, "lease" includes a lease of any length, including leases that may be defined as sales for income tax purposes.

     Sec. 2. 38 MRSA §1068 is enacted to read:

§1068. Lease of property by sanitary district

     Nothing in this chapter is intended to limit the authority of a sanitary district to enter into a lease and leaseback transaction with respect to some or all of its real or personal property, other than land, and to take all other action necessary or desirable, including, but not limited to, the granting of mortgages and liens, to effectuate the transaction. For purposes of this section, "lease" includes a lease of any length, including leases that may be defined as sales for income tax purposes.

     Sec. 3. 38 MRSA §1252, sub-§10 is enacted to read:

     10. Lease of property. A sewer district may enter into a lease and leaseback transaction with respect to some or all of its real or personal property, other than land, and may take all other action necessary or desirable, including, but not limited to, the granting of mortgages and liens, to effectuate the transaction. For purposes of this subsection, "lease" includes a lease of any length, including leases that may be defined as sales for income tax purposes.

Effective September 13, 2003, unless otherwise indicated.

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