Sec. 1. Communication center established; powers. The following provisions govern the establishment and powers of the Central Maine Regional Public Safety Communication Center.

1. Center established. The Central Maine Regional Public Safety Communication Center, referred to in this Act as "the center," is established to provide emergency communication services to participating state, county and municipal public safety agencies in the central Maine region. The following agencies and municipalities may participate in the establishment of the center: the Maine State Police, the Kennebec County Sheriff's office and the municipalities of Augusta, Gardiner, Oakland, Waterville and Winslow.

2. Powers. The center is a body both corporate and politic in the State and may:

A. Sue and be sued;

B. Have a seal and alter the seal at pleasure;

C. Adopt bylaws and amend the bylaws covering its procedures and rules and publish those bylaws and rules as publication is necessary or advisable;

D. Cause records of its proceedings to be kept;

E. Permit additional agencies or instrumentalities of this State or any of its municipalities or bodies existing in the municipalities, regional councils, quasi-municipal corporations, special purpose districts and authorities to join or withdraw from the center subject to any contractual agreements, rules or procedures in its bylaws;

F. Acquire, hold and dispose of personal property for its purposes;

G. Acquire, hold and dispose of in the name of the center, by purchase, lease or otherwise, real property and rights or easements in real property determined by the center necessary or desirable for its purposes, and use that property;

H. Charge and collect fees for services made available and use the proceeds of the fees for the purposes provided in this Act;