"Do you favor a $20,000,000 bond issue for the following purposes:

1. Eleven million dollars to make capital improvements and conduct major maintenance at state parks and historic sites and provide matching funds for significant capital projects at municipal parks;

2. Four million dollars to acquire land for coastal and inland waterway access; and

3. Five million dollars to establish a new revolving loan fund to make low-interest loans available to land trusts and municipalities to acquire land and conservation easements?"

The legal voters of each city, town and plantation shall vote by ballot on this question and designate their choice by a cross or check mark placed within a corresponding square below the word "Yes" or "No." The ballots must be received, sorted, counted and declared in open ward, town and plantation meetings and returns made to the Secretary of State in the same manner as votes for members of the Legislature. The Governor shall review the returns and, if a majority of the legal votes are cast in favor of this Act, the Governor shall proclaim the result without delay, and this Act becomes effective 30 days after the date of the proclamation.

The Secretary of State shall prepare and furnish to each city, town and plantation all ballots, returns and copies of this Act necessary to carry out the purposes of this referendum.

SUMMARY

The funds provided by this bond issue, in the amount of $20,000,000, will be used to make capital improvements and conduct major maintenance at state parks and historic sites, to acquire land for coastal and inland waterway access and to capitalize a revolving loan fund for land trusts and municipalities to acquire land and conservation easements for public access.