Maine § 30-A §5726 Development

Maine Statutes

§ 30-A §5726 — Development

Maine·Title 30-A MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES·Part 2 MUNICIPALITIES·Ch. 223 MUNICIPAL FINANCES

A municipality may raise or appropriate money to:

1.Board of trade. Support and guarantee obligations of a chamber of commerce or board of trade or a local development corporation, or a chamber of commerce and a local development corporation, or a board of trade and a local development corporation;

2.Advertising. Advertise its resources and attractions or those of the State;

3.Real estate. Purchase real estate and personal property from the Federal Government for municipal purposes;

4.Athletic facilities and recreation. Provide real estate and personal property for recreational purposes and supporting a recreational program or for building, maintaining and operating an athletic facility;

5.Fish. Propagate and protect fish in public waters located wholly or partially within its boundar

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A municipality may raise or appropriate money to:
1.
Board of trade.
Support and guarantee obligations of a chamber of commerce or board of trade or a local development corporation, or a chamber of commerce and a local development corporation, or a board of trade and a local development corporation;
2.
Advertising.
Advertise its resources and attractions or those of the State;
3.
Real estate.
Purchase real estate and personal property from the Federal Government for municipal purposes;
4.
Athletic facilities and recreation.
Provide real estate and personal property for recreational purposes and supporting a recreational program or for building, maintaining and operating an athletic facility;
5.
Fish.
Propagate and protect fish in public waters located wholly or partially within its boundaries.
6.
Historical society.
Assist a local historical society;
7.
History.
Write and publish its history;
8.
Conventions.
Assist conventions;
9.
Lands.
Provide for and acquire open areas, including marshlands, swamps or wetlands;
10.
Mass bus transportation.
Aid private companies or public agencies furnishing mass bus transportation services within the municipality;
11.
Relocation assistance.
Provide funds for relocation assistance services and payments to individuals, families and businesses displaced as a result of the acquisition of real property for a public purpose;
12.
District Court.
Construct, equip and furnish a district courthouse within the municipality. The municipality may negotiate a lease with the Chief Judge of the District Court for the use of such a courthouse;
13.
Elderly housing.
Provide municipally owned rental housing for the elderly;
14.
Affordable housing.
Facilitate affordable housing; and
15.
Job creation and retention.
Establish revolving loan fund programs to assist in job creation and retention for local for-profit and nonprofit enterprises if approved by a municipal referendum election pursuant to sections 2528, 2529 and 2532, even if the municipality or plantation has not accepted the provisions of section 2528.

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Legislative History

PL 1987, c. 737, §§A2,C106 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 104, §§C8,10 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 78, §§1,2 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 206, §§1-3 (AMD).