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23 ME Rev Stat § 3601 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 311: FISCAL MATTERS|Subchapter 2: ASSESSMENTS ON ABUTTING OWNERS|23 §3601. Apportionment of damages or benefits

 §3601. Apportionment of damages or benefits Whenever the city government lays out any new street or public way, or widens or otherwise alters or discontinues any street or way in a city, and decides that any persons or corporations are entitled to damage therefor, and estimates the amount thereof to each in the manner provided by law, it may apportion the damages so estimated and allowed, or such part thereof as to it seems just, upon the lots adjacent to and bounded on such street or way, other than those for which damages are allowed, in such proportions as in its opinion such lots are benefited or made more valuable by such laying out or widening, alteration or discontinuance, not exceeding in case of any lot the amount of such benefit, but the whole assessment shall not exceed the damages so allowed. Before such assessment is made, notice shall be given to all persons interested of a hearing before said city government, at a time and place specified, which notice shall be published in some newspaper in said city at least one week before said hearing.
23 ME Rev Stat § 3602 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 311: FISCAL MATTERS|Subchapter 2: ASSESSMENTS ON ABUTTING OWNERS|23 §3602. Notification to owners

 §3602. Notification to owners After said assessment provided for in section 3601 has been made upon such lots or parcels and the amount fixed on each, the same shall be recorded by the city clerk, and notice shall be given within 10 days after the assessment by delivering to each owner of said assessed lots resident in said city a certified copy of such recorded assessment, or by leaving it at his last and usual place of abode and by publishing the same 3 weeks successively in some newspaper published in said city, the first publication to be within said 10 days. Said clerk within 10 days shall deposit in the post office of said city, postage paid, a certified copy of such assessment directed to each owner or proprietor residing out of said city whose place of residence is known to said clerk, and the certificate of said clerk shall be sufficient evidence of these facts, and in the registry of deeds shall be the evidence of title in allowing or assessing damages and improvements, so far as notice is concerned.
23 ME Rev Stat § 3603 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 311: FISCAL MATTERS|Subchapter 2: ASSESSMENTS ON ABUTTING OWNERS|23 §3603. Board of arbitration

 §3603. Board of arbitration Any person not satisfied with the amount for which he is assessed under section 3601 may, within 10 days after service of the notice provided for by section 3602 in either manner therein provided, by request in writing given to the city clerk, have the assessment upon his lot or parcel of land determined by arbitration. The municipal officers shall nominate 6 persons who are residents of said city, 2 of whom selected by the applicant with a 3rd resident person selected by said 2 persons shall fix the sum to be paid by him, and the report of such referees, made to the clerk of said city and recorded by him, shall be final and binding upon all parties. Said reference shall be had and their report made to said city clerk within 30 days from the time of hearing before the municipal officers as provided in section 3601.
23 ME Rev Stat § 3604 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 311: FISCAL MATTERS|Subchapter 2: ASSESSMENTS ON ABUTTING OWNERS|23 §3604. Collection procedure

 §3604. Collection procedure All assessments and charges made under sections 3601 to 3603, shall be certified by the municipal officers and filed with the tax collector for collection. If the person assessed, within 30 days after written notice of the amount of such assessments and charges, fails, neglects or refuses to pay said municipality the expense thereby incurred, a special tax in the amount of such assessment and charges may be assessed by the municipal assessors upon each and every lot or parcel of land so assessed and buildings upon the same, and such assessment shall be included in the next annual warrant to the tax collector for collection, and shall be collected in the same manner as state, county and municipal taxes are collected.
23 ME Rev Stat § 3605 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 311: FISCAL MATTERS|Subchapter 2: ASSESSMENTS ON ABUTTING OWNERS|23 §3605. Action for collection; amount recovered

 §3605. Action for collection; amount recovered If said assessments under section 3601 are not paid and said city does not proceed to collect said assessments by a sale of the lots or parcels of land upon which such assessments are made, or does not collect, or is in any manner delayed or defeated in collecting such assessments by a sale of the real estate so assessed, then the said city, in the name of said city, may maintain an action against the party so assessed for the amount of said assessment, as for money paid, laid out and expended, in any court competent to try the same, and in such action may recover the amount of such assessment with 12% interest on the same from the date of said assessment and costs.
23 ME Rev Stat § 3606 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 311: FISCAL MATTERS|Subchapter 2: ASSESSMENTS ON ABUTTING OWNERS|23 §3606. Assessment for improvements

 §3606. Assessment for improvements Whenever a majority of the abutters in number and value upon any street or road in the thickly settled portion of any city or town shall in writing petition the city government or municipal officers of the town to improve said street or road by grading, parking, curbing, graveling, macadamizing, paving or in any other way making a permanent street of the same, or any part thereof, and to provide for the making and reconstructing of such street improvements, and such improvements are made, 2/3 of the cost thereof may be assessed on the property adjacent to and bounded on said street or road in the manner and with the same right of appeal provided in sections 3601 to 3605, which are made applicable to such assessments.
23 ME Rev Stat § 3607 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 311: FISCAL MATTERS|Subchapter 2: ASSESSMENTS ON ABUTTING OWNERS|23 §3607. Damages for raising or lowering streets

 §3607. Damages for raising or lowering streets When a way or street is raised or lowered by a road commissioner or person authorized to the injury of an owner of adjoining land, he may within a year apply in writing to the municipal officers, and they shall view such way or street and assess the damages, if any have been occasioned thereby, to be paid by the town. Any person aggrieved by said assessment may have them determined, on complaint to the Superior Court, in the manner prescribed in section 3005. Said complaint shall be filed in the Superior Court in the county where the land is situated within 60 days from the date of assessment.
23 ME Rev Stat § 4201 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 5: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 410: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|23 §4201. Department; commissioner (REPEALED)

 §4201. Department; commissioner (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c. 498, §1 (NEW). PL 1971, c. 593, §15 (RP).
23 ME Rev Stat § 4202 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 5: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 410: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|23 §4202. Short title

 §4202. Short title This chapter may be known and cited as the Maine Transportation Act.   [PL 2011, c. 420, Pt. A, §16 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c. 593, §16 (NEW). PL 1971, c. 622, §§77-C, 77-E (AMD). PL 2011, c. 420, Pt. A, §16 (AMD).
23 ME Rev Stat § 4203 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 5: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 410: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|23 §4203. Definitions

 §4203. Definitions The following terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires.   [PL 2011, c. 420, Pt. A, §17 (AMD).]1.  Commissioner.  "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Transportation.   [PL 1971, c. 593, §16 (NEW).] 2.  Department.  "Department" means the Department of Transportation.   [PL 1971, c. 593, §16 (NEW).] 3.  Transportation.  "Transportation" means any form of transportation for people or goods within, to or from the State, whether by highway, air, water or rail.   [PL 1971, c. 593, §16 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c. 593, §16 (NEW). PL 1971, c. 622, §§77-D, 77-E (AMD). PL 2011, c. 420, Pt. A, §17 (AMD).
23 ME Rev Stat § 4204 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 5: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 410: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|23 §4204. Declaration of policy

 §4204. Declaration of policy It is declared to be the policy of the State of Maine that adequate, safe and efficient transportation facilities and services are essential to the economic growth of the State and the well-being of its people and that the planning and development of such facilities and services shall be coordinated by a state department of transportation with overall responsibility for balanced transportation policy and planning.   [PL 1971, c. 593, §16 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c. 593, §16 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 4205 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 5: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 410: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|23 §4205. Department; commissioner

 §4205. Department; commissioner There is created and established the Department of Transportation to consist of a Commissioner of Transportation appointed by the Governor, subject to review by the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over transportation and to confirmation by the Legislature, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.   [PL 1981, c. 698, §106 (RPR).]1.   [PL 1981, c. 456, Pt. A, §87 (RP).] 2.   [PL 1981, c. 456, Pt. A, §87 (RP).] 3.   [PL 1981, c. 456, Pt. A, §87 (RP).] 4.   [PL 1981, c. 698, §106 (RP).] 5.   [PL 1981, c. 698, §106 (RP).] 6.   [PL 1981, c. 98, §2 (RP).] 7.   [PL 1981, c. 98, §2 (RP).] 8.   [PL 1975, c. 771, §257 (RP).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c. 593, §16 (NEW). P&SL 1973, c. 214, §1 (AMD). PL 1973, c. 788, §105 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 580, §3 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 771, §257 (RPR). PL 1981, c. 98, §§1,2 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 456, §A87 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 698, §106 (RPR).
23 ME Rev Stat § 4207 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 5: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 410: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|23 §4207. Railroads; lease or purchase of certain railroad lines by the Department of Transportation (REPEALED)

 §4207. Railroads; lease or purchase of certain railroad lines by the Department of Transportation (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1975, c. 221 (NEW). PL 1975, c. 629 (AMD). PL 1979, c. 374 (AMD). PL 1983, c. 392 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 398 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 534, §§B13,B23 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 398, §4 (RP). PL 1989, c. 501, §P28 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 600, §§9, 10 (AMD).
23 ME Rev Stat § 4207-A (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 5: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 410: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|23 §4207-A. Railroads; acquisition of railroad operating equipment by the Department of Transportation (REPEALED)

 §4207-A. Railroads; acquisition of railroad operating equipment by the Department of Transportation (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1979, c. 650 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 398, §5 (RP).
23 ME Rev Stat § 4208 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 5: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 410: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|23 §4208. Defensive driving courses; fees

 §4208. Defensive driving courses; fees The Department of Public Safety is authorized to conduct defensive driving courses for the purpose of promoting highway safety and to charge a registration fee of $35 to participants in the defensive driving courses conducted under the auspices of the department. The fee must be used to cover the cost of conducting the courses. Any balances remaining at the end of the fiscal year may not lapse but must be carried forward to be used for the purposes stated in this section.   [PL 2007, c. 295, §1 (AMD).]The course must include instruction in the existence and the practical purpose of parking laws and ordinances for persons with disabilities.   [PL 1995, c. 505, §10 (AMD); PL 1995, c. 505, §22 (AFF).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1977, c. 423, §B1 (NEW). PL 1981, c. 292 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 616, §1 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 721, §2 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 505, §10 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 505, §22 (AFF). PL 2007, c. 295, §1 (AMD).
23 ME Rev Stat § 4210 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 5: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 410: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|23 §4210. Transportation Facilities Fund

 §4210. Transportation Facilities Fund 1.  Fund established.  The Transportation Facilities Fund, referred to in this section as the "fund," is established as a nonlapsing fund through the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Office of the State Controller as an internal service fund administered by the Department of Transportation.   [PL 2001, c. 83, Pt. C, §1 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 600, §4 (REV).] 2.  Fund services.  Money deposited in the fund may include, but is not limited to, money transferred to the account from within the department, money received from the units within the department using the rental spaces provided by the fund and earnings by the fund from the Treasurer of State's cash pool.   [PL 2001, c. 83, Pt. C, §1 (NEW).] 3.  Distribution from fund.  Money distributed from the fund may be used for the purpose of purchasing, operating, maintaining, improving, repairing, constructing and managing buildings, including permanent storage facilities, garages and field office buildings, except for buildings and facilities under the supervision of the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of General Services.   [PL 2001, c. 83, Pt. C, §1 (NEW).] 4.  Leased space.  Use of the fund in order to lease space to the operating units of the department must comply with the rate schedule approved by the commissioner. Lease payments must provide for repair costs, operating costs, necessary capital investment, working capital for the fund and must be developed and levied in accordance with the provisions of Federal Office of Management and Budget Circular A-87 or its successor document.   [PL 2001, c. 83, Pt. C, §1 (NEW).] 5.  Budget.  Upon recommendation of the State Budget Officer and approval by the Governor, prior legislatively authorized budgets within the department may be realigned to ensure adequate funding for projected lease payments. Within 10 days of any realignment of a prior legislatively authorized budget, the commissioner shall submit a written report that details the realignments to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over transportation matters. After realignment of the budgets, full and normal budgeting will occur for the fund in future years. Expenditures from the fund are subject to allocations that must be approved by the Legislature.   [PL 2001, c. 83, Pt. C, §1 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2001, c. 83, §C1 (NEW). PL 2003, c. 600, §4 (REV).
23 ME Rev Stat § 4210-A (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 5: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 410: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|23 §4210-A. Payment for cost of relocating utility facilities underground in federally designated historic districts on federal aid highways

 §4210-A. Payment for cost of relocating utility facilities underground in federally designated historic districts on federal aid highways 1.  Reimbursement.  The department, in the course of delivering the federal surface transportation program, 23 United States Code, Section 133 (2005) may reimburse a National Register Historic District or the community in which the National Register Historic District is located for the portion of the cost to move or relocate overhead utilities underground to the extent that such payments by the department are eligible for reimbursement under the federal surface transportation program pursuant to 23 United States Code, Section 133(b)(8) (2005). To be eligible for this reimbursement, the project must be located in a National Register Historic District and on the National Highway System and may not increase the department's cost or liability in complying with the National Historic Preservation Act, 16 United States Code, Sections 470 to 470x-6 (2005) or with 49 United States Code, Section 303 (2005). For the purposes of this section, "National Register Historic District" means a district that is individually listed in the National Register of Historic Places pursuant to the National Historic Preservation Act, 16 United States Code, Sections 470 to 470x-6 (2005).   The amount paid in any biennium under this section may not exceed federal surface transportation program funds available under 23 United States Code, Section 133(b)(8) (2005) to reimburse the State in that biennium.   [PL 2007, c. 306, §4 (AMD).] 2.  Rules.  The department may adopt rules necessary to implement this section. The rules must be consistent with any applicable federal regulations relating to the cost of relocation and with rules adopted pursuant to section 255. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.   [PL 2005, c. 282, §1 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2005, c. 282, §1 (NEW). PL 2007, c. 306, §4 (AMD).
23 ME Rev Stat § 4210-C (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 5: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 410: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|23 §4210-C. Marine Highway account

 §4210-C. Marine Highway account 1.  Establishment of account.  The department shall establish, through the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Office of the State Controller, the Marine Highway account, referred to in this section as "the account," in the Highway Fund.   [PL 2005, c. 457, Pt. GGG, §3 (NEW).] 2.  Purpose of account.  The purpose of the account is to allow the Highway Fund to provide support to the Maine State Ferry Service that was previously provided by the General Fund because ferries are an integral part of the highway system and carry motor vehicles and are the only method of vehicular transportation available to and from the islands. The state support to the Marine Highway account may not exceed 50% of the budgeted revenues that support the operating cost of the Maine State Ferry Service.   [PL 2005, c. 664, Pt. C, §1 (AMD).] 3.  Calculation.   [PL 2019, c. 415, Pt. J, §1 (RP).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2005, c. 457, §GGG3 (NEW). PL 2005, c. 664, §C1 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 652, §10 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 652, §14 (AFF). PL 2019, c. 415, Pt. J, §1 (AMD).
23 ME Rev Stat § 4210-D (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 5: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 410: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|23 §4210-D. Accounting

 §4210-D. Accounting The department shall comply with accounting policies and procedures promulgated by the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Office of the State Controller. Any changes in accounting methodology proposed by the department must be approved by the Office of the State Controller.   [PL 2005, c. 457, Pt. GGG, §3 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2005, c. 457, §GGG3 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 4210-E (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 5: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 410: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|23 §4210-E. Transportation Efficiency Fund (REPEALED)

 §4210-E. Transportation Efficiency Fund (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 2009, c. 655, Pt. B, §2 (NEW). PL 2011, c. 652, §11 (RP). PL 2011, c. 652, §14 (AFF).
23 ME Rev Stat § 4210-F (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 5: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 410: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|23 §4210-F. Industrial Drive Facility Fund account

 §4210-F. Industrial Drive Facility Fund account 1.  Industrial Drive Facility Fund account established.  There is established in the department, through the Office of the State Controller, the Industrial Drive Facility Fund account, referred to in this section as "the account." The account is an internal service fund and is under the control of the commissioner. The account is a continuing fund, and funds in the account do not lapse but must be carried forward from year to year. The Treasurer of State shall credit interest earned to the fund. The funds deposited in the account include, but are not limited to, appropriations and allocations made to the account, funds transferred to the account from within the department, funds received from fees charged to state departments and agencies for the use of the department's facility located on Industrial Drive in the City of Augusta or for the services of that facility and earnings by the account from the Treasurer of State's pool.   [PL 2015, c. 268, Pt. I, §1 (NEW).] 2.  Use of funds.  The funds deposited into and disbursed from the account must be used for the purposes of purchasing, operating, maintaining, improving and repairing the facility described in subsection 1.   [PL 2015, c. 268, Pt. I, §1 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2015, c. 268, Pt. I, §1 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 4210-G (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 5: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 410: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|23 §4210-G. Supplemental Transportation Fund

 §4210-G. Supplemental Transportation Fund 1.  Fund created.  The Supplemental Transportation Fund, referred to in this section as "the fund," is established as a nonlapsing fund in the Department of Transportation.   [PL 2019, c. 486, §2 (NEW).] 2.  Use of funds.  Money deposited into the fund may be used by the Department of Transportation for transportation-related projects and services.   [PL 2019, c. 486, §2 (NEW).] 3.  Source of funds.  Money deposited in the fund includes, but is not limited to, fine revenue transferred into the fund pursuant to Title 29‑A, section 2121, subsection 4. The Supplemental Transportation Fund may accept funds from other sources.   [PL 2019, c. 486, §2 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2019, c. 486, §2 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 4211 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 5: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 410: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|Subchapter 2: INSPECTION AND INVESTIGATION OF RAILROADS|23 §4211. Railroads examined; annual report (REPEALED)

 §4211. Railroads examined; annual report (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1977, c. 341, §2 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 398, §6 (RP).
23 ME Rev Stat § 4211-A (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 5: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 410: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|Subchapter 2: INSPECTION AND INVESTIGATION OF RAILROADS|23 §4211-A. Application for financial assistance (REPEALED)

 §4211-A. Application for financial assistance (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 792, §1 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 398, §6 (RP). PL 1989, c. 502, §A91 (AMD).