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23 ME Rev Stat § 1969 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 1: STATE HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 24: MAINE TURNPIKE|23 §1969. Application of proceeds of bonds or notes in anticipation thereof

 §1969. Application of proceeds of bonds or notes in anticipation thereof Bonds shall be applied as follows.   [PL 1981, c. 595, §3 (NEW).]1.  Application.  All moneys received from any bonds or bond anticipation notes issued pursuant to this chapter shall be applied solely:   A. To the payment of the cost of the construction and reconstruction of the turnpike or to the payment to the Department of Transportation of the cost of department projects or to the payment of the cost of the purchase of a section of Interstate 95 in Kittery;   [PL 2013, c. 586, Pt. F, §2 (AMD).]B. To the repayment of grants or loans from the Federal Government that were used to construct or reconstruct the turnpike or portions of it or interconnecting access roads or portions of them but only to the extent that that repayment is required in order for the authority to maintain or establish tolls on the turnpike;   [PL 1993, c. 410, Pt. MM, §8 (AMD).]C. To the payment of the costs of constructing or reconstructing interchanges that are determined by the Department of Transportation and the authority to have a sufficient relationship to the public's use of the turnpike and the orderly regulation and flow of traffic on the turnpike;   [PL 2015, c. 5, §7 (AMD).]D. To the payment of the costs of issuance of the bonds;   [PL 1981, c. 595, §3 (NEW).]E. To the creation of reasonable reserves for the payment of the principal of and interest on those bonds, and to meet the cost of extraordinary repairs to or maintenance of the turnpike;   [PL 1981, c. 595, §3 (NEW).]F. To the appurtenant fund; and   [PL 1981, c. 595, §3 (NEW).]G. To the payment of any temporary notes of the authority the proceeds of which were used for any of the foregoing purposes.   [PL 1981, c. 595, §3 (NEW).][PL 2015, c. 5, §7 (AMD).] 2.  Lien created.  There is created and granted a lien upon the moneys until so applied in favor of holders of those bonds or the trustee provided for under this chapter in respect of these bonds.   [PL 1981, c. 595, §3 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 595, §3 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 410, §MM8 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 504, §C6 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 302, §14 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 586, Pt. F, §2 (AMD). PL 2015, c. 5, §7 (AMD).
23 ME Rev Stat § 1970 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 1: STATE HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 24: MAINE TURNPIKE|23 §1970. Bonds; how secured

 §1970. Bonds; how secured 1.  Trust indentures.  In the discretion of the authority, bonds may be secured by a trust indenture by and between the authority and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or outside of the State, or by a loan or other security agreement with a lender or with such a trustee containing provisions that may be included in a bond resolution or trust indenture under this chapter. The trust indenture or loan or other security agreement may pledge or assign tolls or revenues to be received but may not convey or mortgage the turnpike or any part thereof. Either the resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds or the trust indenture or loan or other security agreement may contain provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders or other lenders or of the trustee, if any, as may be reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including: covenants setting forth the duties of the authority in relation to the acquisition of property; the construction, maintenance, operation, repair and insurance of the turnpike; the custody, safeguarding and application of all money; and any other provisions that the authority determines are necessary, convenient or desirable for the security of bondholders and other lenders or of the trustee, if any. Any such indenture or loan or other security agreement may restrict the individual right of action of bondholders or other lenders to the extent the authority determines is necessary, convenient or desirable. All expenses incurred in carrying out the trust indenture or loan or other security agreement may be treated as a part of the cost of the maintenance, operation and repair of the turnpike.   [PL 2003, c. 152, §1 (NEW).] 2.  Other agreements.  The authority may enter into an agreement with a bank or financial institution incorporated within or outside of the State as necessary or convenient for the provision of trustee, paying agent, depository or other financial services in connection with bonds issued by the authority pursuant to this chapter, and it is lawful for any bank or trust company to enter into any such agreements with the authority and to furnish indemnity bonds or to pledge any securities required by the authority.   [PL 2003, c. 152, §1 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 595, §3 (NEW). PL 2003, c. 152, §1 (RPR).
23 ME Rev Stat § 1971 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 1: STATE HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 24: MAINE TURNPIKE|23 §1971. Exemption from taxes

 §1971. Exemption from taxes The accomplishment by the authority of the authorized purpose stated in this chapter being for the benefit of the people of the State and for the improvement of their commerce and prosperity in which accomplishment the authority will be performing essential governmental functions, the authority shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessment on any property acquired or used by it for the purposes provided in this chapter, except that restaurants, kiosks, fuel and service facilities, leased or rented by the authority to business entities, shall be subject to taxation, and assessments shall be made against the tenant in possession based upon the value of the leasehold interest, both real and personal, nor may the authority be required to pay any tax upon its income except as may be required by the laws of the United States, and the bonds or other securities and obligations issued from the authority, their transfer and the income therefrom, including any profits made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation within the State.   [PL 1983, c. 707, §2 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 595, §3 (NEW). PL 1983, c. 707, §2 (AMD).
23 ME Rev Stat § 1972 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 1: STATE HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 24: MAINE TURNPIKE|23 §1972. Refunding bonds

 §1972. Refunding bonds The authority is authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance of turnpike revenue refunding bonds of the authority, including notes or other obligations defined as bonds under this chapter for the purpose of refunding any bonds then outstanding, including the payment of any redemption premium thereon and any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of redemption of these bonds; and, if deemed advisable by the authority, for any additional purpose for which bonds authorized by this chapter may be issued. The issuance of the bonds, the maturities and other details thereof, the rights of the holders thereof and the rights, duties and obligations of the authority in respect of those rights, duties and obligations, shall be governed by this chapter insofar as these rights, duties and obligations may be applicable.   [PL 1981, c. 595, §3 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 595, §3 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 1976 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 1: STATE HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 24: MAINE TURNPIKE|23 §1976. Interim certificates

 §1976. Interim certificates Prior to the issuance of any bonds, the authority may issue interim certificates in such manner and with such conditions as the authority may determine to be exchanged for the bonds when issued.   [PL 1981, c. 595, §3 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 595, §3 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 1977 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 1: STATE HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 24: MAINE TURNPIKE|23 §1977. Trust funds

 §1977. Trust funds Subject to any agreement with the bondholders, all revenue received from the operation of the turnpike after deducting expenditures required for the construction, reconstruction, operation and maintenance of the turnpike and for the payment of the principal and the interest on the bonds of the authority or otherwise in accordance with the provisions thereof, and after deducting the amount provided to the department pursuant to section 1961, subsection 7, must be held and invested by the authority to establish trust funds for reserve and sinking funds for the retirement of bonded indebtedness.   [PL 2011, c. 302, §16 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 595, §3 (NEW). IB 1991, c. 1, §9 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 302, §16 (AMD).
23 ME Rev Stat § 1978 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 1: STATE HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 24: MAINE TURNPIKE|23 §1978. Termination of the authority

 §1978. Termination of the authority The authority shall not be dissolved until such time as:   [PL 1981, c. 595, §3 (NEW).]1.  Legislature provide for termination.  The Legislature shall provide for its termination; and   [PL 1981, c. 595, §3 (NEW).] 2.  Payment of bonds, premiums and interest.  All bonds, the premium, if any, and the interest thereon shall have been paid or a sufficient amount for the payment of all bonds and the interest to maturity or prior redemption date thereon shall have been irrevocably set aside in trust for the benefit of the bondholders.   [PL 1981, c. 595, §3 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 595, §3 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 1979 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 1: STATE HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 24: MAINE TURNPIKE|23 §1979. Governmental functions

 §1979. Governmental functions It is declared that the purposes of this chapter are public and that the authority shall be regarded as performing a governmental function in the carrying out of the provisions of this chapter.   [PL 1981, c. 595, §3 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 595, §3 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 1981 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 1: STATE HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 24: MAINE TURNPIKE|23 §1981. Effective date

 §1981. Effective date This chapter shall take effect when approved, except that the authority may not, at any time before any bonds outstanding on the effective date and the interest thereon shall have been paid or a sufficient amount for the payment of any such bonds, premium, if any, and the interest to maturity or prior redemption date thereon shall have been irrevocably set aside in trust for the benefit of the bondholders, provide any funds to the Department of Transportation for the construction, reconstruction, maintenance or repair of access roads.   [PL 1981, c. 595, §3 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 595, §3 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 1982 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 1: STATE HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 24: MAINE TURNPIKE|23 §1982. Confidentiality of authority records

 §1982. Confidentiality of authority records A log or record identifying the name, address or travel patterns of a patron of the turnpike, whether prepared for enforcement of authority tolls or other purposes of the authority, is for the exclusive use of the authority in the discharge of its duties under this chapter. This material is confidential and is not available to the public except that a law enforcement officer or a representative of an insurance company making a request for specific records in the course of conducting the officer's or representative's business may have access to this material to the extent and in the manner access to such material is afforded under Title 1, chapter 13, subchapter I. The authority may release accident and other incident reports to affected parties and may release information specific to a commuter pass account or commercial billing account to the holder of that account. The authority may disclose patron information, including information gathered by photo-monitoring devices, to other toll administrative agencies that are participating with the authority in multiple-facility, electronic, transportation-related collection systems.   [PL 2001, c. 473, §2 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1995, c. 339, §3 (NEW). PL 2001, c. 473, §2 (AMD).
23 ME Rev Stat § 1983 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 1: STATE HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 24: MAINE TURNPIKE|23 §1983. Interest rate agreements

 §1983. Interest rate agreements The authority is authorized to enter from time to time into agreements with another party, on terms and conditions that the authority determines are necessary or convenient, in which the authority agrees to make a payment to, or to receive a payment from, the other party based on a comparison at a future date between an interest rate specified on the date of the agreement and a rate derived on or about that future date from an interest rate index. The authority is authorized to enter into any credit enhancement or liquidity agreement on terms and conditions that the authority determines are necessary or convenient for carrying out this section.   [PL 2003, c. 111, §1 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2003, c. 111, §1 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 2001 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 2: COUNTY HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 201: GENERAL PROVISIONS|23 §2001. Organized plantations have same liability and powers as towns

 §2001. Organized plantations have same liability and powers as towns Organized plantations have like powers and are subject to like liabilities and penalties as towns, respecting ways. Their assessors have like powers and shall perform like duties as municipal officers of towns, respecting them.
23 ME Rev Stat § 2002 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 2: COUNTY HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 201: GENERAL PROVISIONS|23 §2002. Damages; recovery

 §2002. Damages; recovery A person entitled to receive payment of damages or costs may, after 30 days from demand on the treasurer of the county or town or on the party liable therefor, recover them in a civil action.
23 ME Rev Stat § 2003 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 2: COUNTY HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 201: GENERAL PROVISIONS|23 §2003. Title of purchaser at assessment sale

 §2003. Title of purchaser at assessment sale Purchasers of land sold for nonpayment of assessments for opening and making roads have no claim against the county for any defect in the title under such sale, notwithstanding any irregularities in the proceedings or failure to comply with the law under which the sales were made. Deeds given pursuant to sales made for nonpayment of such assessments vest in the grantee the title of the county to the lands sold, subject to the conditions of sale, and no more.
23 ME Rev Stat § 2004 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 2: COUNTY HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 201: GENERAL PROVISIONS|23 §2004. Part owner may redeem

 §2004. Part owner may redeem Any person having a legal interest in a tract so advertised, sold or forfeited may redeem his interest by paying within the times prescribed the amount so required to discharge the claim thereon. The rate of interest upon unpaid assessments by county commissioners for opening and making roads shall be 6% a year, commencing at the expiration of one year from the date of the assessments, except when otherwise provided.
23 ME Rev Stat § 2005 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 2: COUNTY HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 201: GENERAL PROVISIONS|23 §2005. Notice to Department of Transportation of change of location

 §2005. Notice to Department of Transportation of change of location Whenever the location of any state, state aid or town way that was designated as a 3rd class highway at the time the 3rd class highway designations were rescinded is changed, added to, discontinued or a new location is established within a county, the county commissioners of said county shall place on file the description of such change and shall notify the Department of Transportation of such change with an accurate description of the courses and distances within 3 months from such action. Whenever the department has previous record of such action, no notification by the county commissioners to the department shall be deemed necessary.   [PL 1971, c. 593, §22 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c. 593, §22 (AMD).
23 ME Rev Stat § 2051 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 2: COUNTY HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 203: LAYING OUT, ALTERING OR DISCONTINUING HIGHWAYS|23 §2051. Power of commissioners

 §2051. Power of commissioners 1.  Layout, maintenance and discontinuance of roads in unorganized areas.  County commissioners may lay out, alter, close for maintenance or discontinue highways within the unorganized areas of their counties and grade hills in such a highway. The county commissioners may close a county road for maintenance and preserve the right-of-way for the use of abutting landowners, any others using that way for access to their property and public utilities and corporations with facilities legally located within that way, at their own risk. At a regular session of the commissioners, responsible persons may present a written petition describing a way and stating that the location, alteration, grading or closing for maintenance or discontinuance of that way, in whole or in part, or an alternative action, is desired. The commissioners may act upon the petition, conforming substantially to the description without adhering strictly to its bounds.   [PL 1997, c. 327, §1 (NEW).] 2.  Closing roads in unorganized areas for the winter.  The county commissioners may close any county road in the unorganized areas of their county under the same conditions and following the same procedure established in section 2953, subsections 1 to 4 for the closure of roads in municipalities by the municipal officers, except that the county commissioners approve the order closing a road and may annul, alter or modify any such order. A copy of the order must be filed with the county clerk or county administrator. Any person may appeal from a decision of the county commissioners to close a county road for the winter in the same manner as provided in Title 17, section 2852.   [PL 1997, c. 327, §1 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 168 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 711, §1 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 327, §1 (RPR).
23 ME Rev Stat § 2052 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 2: COUNTY HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 203: LAYING OUT, ALTERING OR DISCONTINUING HIGHWAYS|23 §2052. Notice

 §2052. Notice Being satisfied that the petitioners are responsible and that an inquiry into the merits is expedient, the county commissioners shall cause 30 days' notice to be given of the time and place of their meeting by posting copies of the petition, with their order thereon, in 3 public places in each town in which any part of the way is, by serving one on the Department of Transportation and serving one on the clerks of such towns and publishing it in some newspaper, if any, in the county. The fact that notice has been so given, being proved and entered of record, shall be sufficient for all interested, and evidence thereof.   [PL 1971, c. 593, §22 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c. 593, §22 (AMD).
23 ME Rev Stat § 2053 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 2: COUNTY HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 203: LAYING OUT, ALTERING OR DISCONTINUING HIGHWAYS|23 §2053. Costs

 §2053. Costs When their decision is against the prayer of the petitioners, the county commissioners shall order them to pay to the treasurer of the county, at a time fixed, all expenses incurred on account of it, and if they are not then paid, they shall issue a warrant of distress against the petitioners therefor.
23 ME Rev Stat § 2054 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 2: COUNTY HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 203: LAYING OUT, ALTERING OR DISCONTINUING HIGHWAYS|23 §2054. Proceedings; return; durable monuments erected

 §2054. Proceedings; return; durable monuments erected The county commissioners shall meet at the time and place appointed and view the way, and there, or at a place in the vicinity, hear the parties interested. If they judge the way to be of common convenience and necessity or that any existing way shall be altered, graded or discontinued, they shall proceed to perform the duties required; make a correct return of their doings, signed by them, accompanied by an accurate plan of the way, and state in their return when it is to be done the names of the persons to whom damages are allowed, the amount allowed to each and when to be paid. When the way has been finally established and open to travel, they shall cause durable monuments to be erected at the angles thereof.
23 ME Rev Stat § 2055 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 2: COUNTY HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 203: LAYING OUT, ALTERING OR DISCONTINUING HIGHWAYS|23 §2055. Return filed; appeal

 §2055. Return filed; appeal The return of the commissioners, made at their next regular statute session after the hearing provided for in section 2054, shall be placed on file and remain in the custody of their clerk for inspection without record. The case shall be continued to their next regular term of record, and at any time on or before the 3rd day thereof, if no appeal from the location be taken, all persons aggrieved by their estimate of damages shall file their notice of appeal. If no such notice is then presented or pending, the proceedings shall be closed, recorded and become effectual; all claims for damages not allowed by them be forever barred; and all damages awarded under sections 2051 to 2061, 2101, 2151 and 2152 paid out of the county treasury except as provided in section 2101. If an appeal from the location be taken in accordance with section 2063, then notice of appeal on damages may be filed with the clerk of the county commissioners within 60 days after the final decision of the appellate court in favor of such way as has been certified to him, to the Superior Court in the county where the land is situated, which court shall determine the same in the same manner as is provided in section 2058, when no appeal on location is taken.
23 ME Rev Stat § 2056 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 2: COUNTY HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 203: LAYING OUT, ALTERING OR DISCONTINUING HIGHWAYS|23 §2056. Damages; increase

 §2056. Damages; increase When a notice of appeal for increase of damages is presented within the time allowed, the case shall be further continued until a final decision respecting damages is made. If the county commissioners then are of opinion that their proceedings, or any part thereof, ought not to take effect, subject to such damages as have been assessed, they shall enter a judgment that the prayer of the petitioners or any part thereof, designating what part, is not granted for that reason. Upon such judgment no damages shall be allowed for that part of the prayer of the petitioners not granted, but the costs shall be paid by the county; or if of opinion that such increase of damages should prevent a confirmation of a part or parts only of their proceedings, they shall designate such part or parts, and enter judgment accordingly; and the whole proceedings shall be recorded and become effectual. This section shall not apply when a location has been determined by a committee of the Superior Court upon appeal from the decision of the county commissioners thereon. In such case, proceedings regarding the location shall become effectual as if no appeal for increase of damages had been taken.