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| Whereas, the Town of Fort Fairfield has secured grant funding to | | rehabilitate the armory and must take ownership of the armory as | | soon as possible or risk losing the grant money; and |
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| | | Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create | | an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and | | require the following legislation as immediately necessary for | | the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, | | therefore, |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 37-B MRSA §101, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 460, §3, is | | amended to read: |
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| | | The Military Bureau shall have has jurisdiction over and | | responsibility for the administration of the state military | | forces and the Maine Military Authority. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 37-B MRSA §102, sub-§1, ķA, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 460, §3, | | is amended to read: |
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| | | A. The Maine Army National Guard and the Maine Air National | | Guard, referred to in this Title as the "National Guard," | | when either or both are not in federal service, but not the | | Maine Military Authority; and |
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| | | Sec. 3. 37-B MRSA §264, sub-§3, ķI, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 662, §29, | | is amended to read: |
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| | | I. The Fort Fairfield Armory located at 25 Columbia Street, | | Fort Fairfield by means of a quitclaim deed, subject to all | | easements of record, to the inhabitants of the Town of Fort | | Fairfield for the sum of $1 as long as the inhabitants of | | the Town of Fort Fairfield agree to indemnify and hold | | harmless the State from all claims, including any | | environmental clean-up costs that may arise from the land or | | buildings constituting the Fort Fairfield Armory and this | | transfer is determined to be a transfer for not less than | | appraised value as specified in subsection 1 in view of the | | economic conditions of northern Aroostook County, the | | financial contributions made by the Town of Fort Fairfield | | to the armory and the environmental conditions existing at | | the site. |
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| | | Sec. 4. 37-B MRSA §391, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 374, §8, is | | amended to read: |
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