Source: http://mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_125th/chapters/PUBLIC505.asp
Timestamp: 2013-06-19 04:50:19
Document Index: 200259321

Matched Legal Cases: ['§9724', '§1', '§1535', '§3', '§2923', '§2', '§ 2923']

Chapter 505, An Act Relating to the Calculation of Population for Purposes of the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code and Public Safety Answering Point Assessments
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Chapter 505Emergency Signed on 2012-03-16 00:00:00.0 - Second Regular Session - 125th Maine Legislature Bill Tracking, Additional Documents
An Act Relating to the Calculation of Population for Purposes of the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code and Public Safety Answering Point Assessments
Whereas, beginning July 1, 2012, municipalities with more than 4,000 residents are required to enforce the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code; and
Whereas, it is necessary to change the method of calculating the number of residents in a municipality for the purpose of enforcement before that date to avoid undue burdens and confusion; and
Sec. 1. 10 MRSA §9724, sub-§1-B is enacted to read: 1-B. Residents. For the purposes of subsections 1 and 1-A, "residents" does not include persons held at a correctional facility, as defined in Title 34-A, section 1001, subsection 6, within the municipality.
Sec. 2. 25 MRSA §1535, sub-§3 is enacted to read: 3. Consideration of population. If a fee established under this section for a political subdivision is based in whole or in part on population, the population of the political subdivision may not include persons held at a correctional facility, as defined in Title 34-A, section 1001, subsection 6, within the political subdivision.
Sec. 3. 25 MRSA §2923-A, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 622, §2, is amended to read:§ 2923-A. Requirements of municipalities Each municipality that does not have a public safety answering point shall contract with an entity that does have a public safety answering point, which may be the department, for receiving 9-1-1 calls and, as appropriate, directly dispatching emergency services or, through transfer routing or relay routing, passing 9-1-1 calls to public or private safety agencies that dispatch emergency services. If a municipality without a public safety answering point does not enter into such an agreement, the department shall serve as the public safety answering point for that municipality and the municipality shall pay the department for the provision of those services. Fees received by the department pursuant to this section must be deposited in the Consolidated Emergency Communications Fund established in section 1534. If a fee assessed to a municipality for services provided pursuant to an agreement under this section or by the department is based in whole or in part on population, the population of the municipality may not include persons held at a correctional facility, as defined in Title 34-A, section 1001, subsection 6, within the municipality.