An Act To Repeal the Laws Establishing the Cumberland County Recreation Center and To Transfer Authority to Cumberland County
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1142
Committee: State and Local Government
Sponsors: CHACE, DENNO, GATTINE, JORGENSEN, SIROCKI, CHIPMAN

Legislative Document
No. 1142
H.P. 805
House of Representatives, March 23, 2017
An Act To Repeal the Laws Establishing the Cumberland County 
Recreation Center and To Transfer Authority to Cumberland 
County
Reference to the Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative CHACE of Durham.
Cosponsored by Representatives: DENNO of Cumberland, GATTINE of Westbrook, 
JORGENSEN of Portland, SIROCKI of Scarborough, Senator: CHIPMAN of Cumberland.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  P&SL 1971, c. 86, as amended by P&SL 1991, c. 36, is repealed. 
Sec. 2.  Transition provisions.  The following provisions govern the transition of 
the Cumberland County Recreation Center to Cumberland County. 
1.  Cumberland County is the successor in every way to the powers, duties and 
functions of the Cumberland County Recreation Center, referred to in this section as "the 
center." 
2.  All existing rules, regulations and procedures of the center continue in effect 
unless rescinded, revised or in conflict with Cumberland County rules and regulations or 
amended by the county commissioners of Cumberland County. 
3.  All real and personal property of the center, including but not limited to fixtures, 
records and equipment owned or leased by the center, is transferred to Cumberland 
County and becomes the property of Cumberland County. 
4.  All existing contracts, agreements and obligations of the center, including bonds 
or other debt instruments and management agreements, continue in effect, and the rights 
and obligations of the center become the rights and obligations of Cumberland County. 
5.  The Cumberland County commissioners shall adopt the budget of and act as 
funding authority for the operations of the Cross Insurance Arena, an enterprise fund 
under the oversight of the county commissioners.  The county commissioners shall meet 
with the Board of Trustees under subsection 6 as needed, but at least annually, to address 
the needs of the Cross Insurance Arena. 
6.  There is established a 9-member Board of Trustees, the members of which are 
appointed by the Cumberland County commissioners, which shall review and make 
recommendations to the county commissioners on financial, contractual and policy 
issues. 
The Board of Trustees consists of 2 members appointed from the City of Portland, 2 
members who are at large and one member from each of the following sets of towns: 
South Portland and Cape Elizabeth; Scarborough, Westbrook and Falmouth; Gorham, 
Windham, Standish, Baldwin and Sebago; Brunswick, Freeport, Harpswell, Pownal and 
New Gloucester; and Yarmouth, Cumberland, North Yarmouth, Gray, Casco, Raymond, 
Naples, Harrison and Bridgton. Trustee members are appointed for a term of 3 years and 
may not serve more than 2 consecutive terms. 
The Board of Trustees shall propose and recommend policy and procedures for the Cross 
Insurance Arena.  The Board of Trustees shall serve as the budget review panel for the 
Cross Insurance Arena.  The Board of Trustees shall meet monthly or as workload 
requires.  The Board of Trustees shall meet with the county commissioners as needed, but 
at least annually, to address the needs of the Cross Insurance Arena. 
SUMMARY 
Private and Special Law 1971, chapter 86 established the Cumberland County 
Recreation Center to establish and operate the Cumberland County Civic Center, now 
known as the Cross Insurance Arena. This bill repeals that private and special law and 
transfers the rights and responsibilities of the district to Cumberland County, exclusively.