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An Act To Allow Municipal Cost Sharing for County Services
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §107, sub-§5,  as enacted by PL 1997, c. 785, §1, is amended to read:
 
5. Fees.   The cost of developing and providing the service must be borne by those municipalities or other public or private entities using the service or by other means, but mustmay not in any way be borne by the tax for which municipalities are assessed pursuant to section 706, except for a municipality that is geographically isolated, which may enter into a cost-sharing arrangement with a county in a contract under this section.
 
SUMMARY
This bill allows a geographically isolated municipality to enter into a cost-sharing arrangement for services provided by a county.