An Act To Repeal the Laws Establishing the Cumberland County Recreation Center and To Transfer Authority to Cumberland County
Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §741-A, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 380, §4 and affected by §10, is amended to read:
Notwithstanding sections 701 and 702, the county commissioners working in conjunction with the Cumberland County Budget Advisory Committee, established in this section, and the county manager, established in section 82, subsection 5, are responsible for establishing the county budget as provided in this article , except for the Cross Insurance Arena budget as provided in section 747. The county commissioners shall appropriate money for county expenditures according to the budget established in accordance with this article.
Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §747 is enacted to read:
§ 747. Board of Trustees of Cross Insurance Arena; budget
(1) South Portland and Cape Elizabeth;
(2) Scarborough, Westbrook and Falmouth;
(3) Gorham, Windham, Standish, Baldwin and Sebago;
(4) Brunswick, Freeport, Harpswell, Pownal and New Gloucester; and
(5) Yarmouth, Cumberland, North Yarmouth, Gray, Casco, Raymond, Naples, Harrison and Bridgton; and
Trustees are appointed for a term of 3 years and may not serve more than 2 consecutive terms.
Sec. 3. P&SL 1971, c. 86, as amended by P&SL 1991, c. 36, is repealed.
Sec. 4. Transition provisions. The following provisions govern the transition of the Cumberland County Recreation Center, created by former Private and Special Law 1971, chapter 86, to Cumberland County.
1. Cumberland County is the successor in every way to the powers, duties, functions, property, assets and liabilities of the Cumberland County Recreation Center, referred to in this section as "the center."
2. All existing rules, regulations and procedures of the center continue in effect unless rescinded, revised or in conflict with Cumberland County rules and regulations or amended by the county commissioners of Cumberland County.
3. All existing contracts, agreements and obligations of the center, including bonds or other debt instruments and management agreements, continue in effect, and the rights and obligations of the center become the rights and obligations of Cumberland County.
4. The trustees of the center shall serve as the initial members of the Board of Trustees of the Cross Insurance Arena established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 30-A, section 747 until their current terms expire.
5. All real and personal property of the center, including but not limited to fixtures, records and equipment owned or leased by the center, is transferred to and becomes the property of Cumberland County. The transfer of real and personal property may not occur earlier than January 1, 2018 and must be approved by the county commissioners of Cumberland County and the Board of Trustees of the Cross Insurance Arena.