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LR 3579
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §2001, sub-§16, as amended by PL 1989, c. 104, Pt.
C, §§8 and 10, is further amended to read:

 
16. Resident. "Resident" and "residence" refer to an
individual's or legal entity's place of domicile.

 
Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §3151, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. C,
§§8 and 10, is further amended to read:

 
1. Municipal fire department. "Municipal fire department"
means an organized firefighting unit established under municipal
charter, ordinance or bylaw to prevent and extinguish fires.
"Municipal fire department" also means an organized firefighting
unit that provides ambulance service and emergency medical
treatment, as those terms are defined in Title 32, chapter 2-B,
and interfacility ambulance transport.

 
Sec. 3. 30-A MRSA §3152, as amended by PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, §§8
and 10, is further amended to read:

 
§3152. Fire protection and ambulance service

 
1. Methods of protection. A municipality may provide fire
protection and ambulance service by:

 
A. Maintaining a municipal fire department;

 
B. Supporting a volunteer fire association; or

 
C. Contracting with other governmental units for fire
protection services, ambulance services or both fire
protection and ambulance services.

 
2. Fire protection zones. A municipality may establish
administrative areas of the municipality for firefighting and,
fire protection and emergency medical or ambulance services
purposes, to be served by one fire department or volunteer fire
association, which shall be are called "fire protection zones."
Fire protection zones must be established by the vote of the
municipal legislative body or by regulations adopted by the
municipal officers if the municipal legislative body so provides.

 
Sec. 4. 30-A MRSA §3156, as amended by PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. A, §30
and Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is further amended to read:

 
§3156. Aid to other municipalities


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