An Act To Validate Certain Proceedings Authorizing the Issuance of Bonds and Notes by the City of Brewer High School District (AFTER DEADLINE)
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 2234
Committee: Legal and Veterans Affairs
Sponsors: ROSEN, FISHER

Legislative Document 
No. 2234 
S.P.864 
February 28, 2008 
An Act To Validate Certain Proceedings Authorizing the Issuance of 
Bonds and Notes by the City of Brewer High School District 
(AFTER DEADLINE) 
(EMERGENCY) 
Approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule 
205. 
Reference to the Committee on Legal and Veterans Affairs suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Senator ROSEN of Hancock. 
Cosponsored by Representative FISHER of Brewer. 
Printed on recycled paper 
JOY J. O'BRIEN 
Secretary of the Senate 
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Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not 
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and 
Whereas, the City of Brewer High School District is authorized pursuant to state 
law to purchase land and to erect, equip, repair, renovate and maintain schools within the 
City of Brewer; and 
Whereas, pursuant to Private and Special Law 2005, chapter 42, the Legislature 
approved an increase in the debt limit of the City of Brewer High School District from 
$5,000,000 to 7.5% of the most recent state valuation of the City of Brewer subject to 
approval at a referendum in the City of Brewer; and 
Whereas, the State Board of Education has granted concept approval and design and 
funding approval for a school construction project to construct and equip a new 
prekindergarten to grade 8 elementary school in the City of Brewer High School District; 
and 
Whereas, at a district referendum held on December 4, 2007, the voters of the City 
of Brewer voted to increase the debt limit of the City of Brewer High Schoof District 
from $5,000,000 to 7.5% of the most recent state valuation of the City of Brewer and also 
voted to authorize the trustees of the City of Brewer High School District to issue bonds 
or notes for school construction purposes for the project; and 
Whereas, an architect and engineers have been retained to draft plans for the 
project; and 
Whereas, specimen ballots for the referendum were not published In any 
newspapers as required by the Brewer City Charter; and 
Whereas, the failure to publish the specimen ballots has created a legal technicality 
that could affect the marketability of the bonds or notes to be issued by the City of 
Brewer High School District in connection with the project; and 
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, 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. Validation and authorization. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the City of Brewer High School District school construction referendum conducted 
on December 4, 2007 and the proceedings related to that referendum are validated and 
made effective. The debt limit of the City of Brewer High School District is increased 
from $5,000,000 to 7.5% of the most recent state valuation of the City of Brewer as set 
forth in Question I of the warrant and ballots for the referendum; the City of Brewer High 
School District is authorized to enter into contracts and to issue bonds or notes of the 
district for school construction purposes in an amount not to exceed $39,487,883 to 
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construct and equip a prekindergarten to grade 8 school, all as set forth in Question 2 and 
Question 3 of the warrant and ballots for the referendum; and the City of Brewer High 
School District is authorized to accept gifts for the project as set forth in Question 4 of the 
warrant and ballots for the referendum. 
Emergency clause. 
In view of the emergency cited In the preamble, this 
legislation takes effect when approved . 
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SUMMARY 
This bill validates the City of Brewer High School District school construction 
referendum conducted on December 4, 2007 and the proceedings related to that 
referendum.