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| | | An Act Establishing a Role for the Public Advocate in |
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| | | Promoting Railroad Service Quality |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 23 MRSA §7103, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2003, c. 498, §3 and | | affected by §12, is further amended to read: |
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| | | 1. Fund created. There is created the "Railroad Preservation | | and Assistance Fund," which receives all revenue derived from the | | tax levied pursuant to Title 36, chapter 361 and taxes paid under | | Title 36, section 1865, except any taxes deposited pursuant to | | Title 36, section 2625, subsection 1 in the Railroad Freight | | Service Quality Fund established under Title 35-A, section 1711. | | The fund is also eligible to receive grants from other sources. | | The Treasurer of State shall receive and deposit all revenue to | | the fund in a separate account to be known as the Railroad | | Preservation and Assistance Fund. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 35-A MRSA §1711 is enacted to read: |
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| | | §1711.__Railroad service quality |
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| | | In addition to the authority and duties otherwise specified in | | this chapter, the Public Advocate shall seek to promote and | | enhance railroad freight service quality in accordance with this | | section.__The Public Advocate shall undertake activities under | | this section only to the extent funding for those activities is | | available in the fund established under subsection 5. |
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