As used in this Part, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.
1.Clerk or municipal clerk.
"Clerk" or "municipal clerk" means the clerk of a municipality.
2.Cable television company.
"Cable television company" means any person owning, controlling, operating, managing or leasing a cable television system within the State.
3.Cable television system.
"Cable television system" means any facility that, in whole or in part, receives directly or indirectly over the air, amplifies or otherwise modifies the signals transmitting programs broadcast by one or more television or radio stations and distributes those signals by wire or cable to subscribing members of the public who pay for that service.
4.Federal Government.
"Federal Government" means t
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As used in this Part, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.
1.
Clerk or municipal clerk.
"Clerk" or "municipal clerk" means the clerk of a municipality.
2.
Cable television company.
"Cable television company" means any person owning, controlling, operating, managing or leasing a cable television system within the State.
3.
Cable television system.
"Cable television system" means any facility that, in whole or in part, receives directly or indirectly over the air, amplifies or otherwise modifies the signals transmitting programs broadcast by one or more television or radio stations and distributes those signals by wire or cable to subscribing members of the public who pay for that service.
4.
Federal Government.
"Federal Government" means the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States of America.
5.
Funded debt.
"Funded debt" means an obligation for the payment of which some fund is set aside.
6.
General obligation security.
"General obligation security" means a note, bond or other certificate of indebtedness to the payment of which is pledged the full faith and credit of the issuing body.
7.
Home rule authority.
"Home rule authority" means the powers granted to municipalities under chapter 111; section 3001; and the Constitution of Maine, Article VIII, Part Second.
8.
Municipality.
"Municipality" means a city or town, except as provided in chapter 225.
9.
Municipal legislative body.
"Municipal legislative body" means:
10.
Municipal officers.
"Municipal officers" means:
11.
Municipal official.
"Municipal official" means any elected or appointed member of a municipal government.
12.
Municipal year.
"Municipal year" means a municipality's fiscal year as determined by the municipal officers under section 5651.
13.
Open areas.
"Open areas" means any space or area the preservation or restriction of the use of which would:
14.
Person.
"Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, firm, organization or other legal entity.
14-A.
Public sewer or public drain.
"Public sewer" or "public drain" means any sewer or drain constructed or laid by a governmental entity for the use of the public and includes both gravity and pressure mains.
14-B.
Public drinking water supplier.
"Public drinking water supplier" means a public water supplier as defined by the federal Safe Drinking Water Act that provides drinking water from a source water protection area.
15.
Real estate.
"Real estate" means land and structures attached to it.
16.
Resident.
"Resident" and "residence" refer to an individual's place of domicile.
17.
Sewage.
"Sewage" means the water-carried wastes created in and carried or to be carried away from any structure together with any surface or ground water or household and industrial waste that is present.
18.
Sewer system.
"Sewer system" includes both sewers and sewage disposal systems and all property, rights, easements and franchises relating to those sewers and sewage disposal systems.
19.
Sewers.
"Sewers" means and includes mains, pipes and laterals for the reception of sewage and carrying that sewage to an outfall or some part of a sewage disposal system, including pumping stations.
20.
Sinking fund.
"Sinking fund" means a fund created for the purpose of paying a debt.
20-A.
Source water protection area.
"Source water protection area" means an area that contributes recharge water to a surface water intake or public water supply well for a public drinking water supply. In order to qualify as a "source water protection area," the area must be identified and mapped by the Department of Health and Human Services, and that information must be given to the municipality in which the source water protection area is located.
21.
Voter.
"Voter" means a person registered to vote.