| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. P&SL 1951, c. 114, §8, first sentence, as amended by P&SL 1985, c. | 48, §1, is further amended to read: |
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| To procure funds for the purposes of this Act, and for such other | expenses as may be necessary to carry out those purposes, the | district, by its trustees, is authorized from time to time to | borrow money and to issue its bonds and notes therefor for the | money, but shall not incur a total indebtedness exceeding the sum | of $1,000,000 $2,000,000 at any one time outstanding. |
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| | Sec. 2. Referendum. This Act must be submitted to the legal voters | of the Veazie Sewer District at the annual district meeting in | 2000 or 2001, or at a special district meeting to be called and | held for the purpose within 365 days of the approval of this Act. | If the vote is held at a special district meeting, that special | district meeting must be called, advertised and conducted | according to the law relating to municipal elections, except that | the registrar of voters is not required to prepare for posting, | nor the town clerk to post, a new list of voters and for the | purpose of registration of voters the board of voter registration | must be in session on the secular day next preceding the special | election. The town clerk of the town shall prepare the required | ballots, on which the clerk shall reduce the subject matter of | this Act to the following question: |
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| "Shall the debt limit of the Veazie Sewer District be | increased to $2,000,000?" |
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| | The voters shall indicate by a cross or check mark placed | against the words "Yes" or "No" their opinion of the same. |
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| | The result of the vote must be declared by the municipal | officers of the Town of Veazie, and due certificate must be filed | by the town clerk with the Secretary of State. |
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| | This bill increases the debt limit of the Veazie Sewer | District from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000 subject to referendum. |
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