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23 ME Rev Stat § 4425 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 6: WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 412: WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION|Subchapter 2: MAINE PORT AUTHORITY|23 §4425. Acquisition of land

 §4425. Acquisition of land Land required for improvement to existing facilities or construction of new facilities undertaken by the Maine Port Authority or in cooperation with the Department of Transportation may be acquired for these purposes in the same manner as provided in chapter 3, subchapter III.   [PL 1993, c. 649, Pt. J, §4 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 456, §A88 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 649, §J4 (AMD).
23 ME Rev Stat § 4426 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 6: WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 412: WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION|Subchapter 2: MAINE PORT AUTHORITY|23 §4426. Conflict of interest

 §4426. Conflict of interest No member, officer or employee of the Maine Port Authority may acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any contract or proposed contract of the authority nor may any member, officer or employee participate in any decision on any contract entered into by the authority if he has any interest, direct or indirect, in any firm, partnership, corporation or association which will be party to such contract or financially involved in any transaction with the authority, except this prohibition shall not be applicable to the acquisition of any interest in notes or bonds of the authority issued in connection with any contracts or agreements of the authority or to the execution of agreements by banking institutions for the deposit or handling of authority funds in connection with any contract or to act as trustee under any trust indenture or to utility services, the rates for which are fixed or controlled by a governmental agency.   [PL 1981, c. 456, Pt. A, §88 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 456, §A88 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 4427 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 6: WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 412: WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION|Subchapter 2: MAINE PORT AUTHORITY|23 §4427. Environmental laws

 §4427. Environmental laws Facilities acquired, constructed, operated or maintained under this subchapter, and land upon which the facilities are located is subject to such of the environmental laws of the State as would be applicable to private enterprise were the facilities owned or operated by the private sector and further providing that the Department of Transportation and the Maine Port Authority, its successors or assigns, are subject to Title 38, chapter 3, subchapter II-A.   [PL 1981, c. 456, Pt. A, §88 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 456, §A88 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 4428 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 6: WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 412: WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION|Subchapter 2: MAINE PORT AUTHORITY|23 §4428. Statewide transportation infrastructure strategy

 §4428. Statewide transportation infrastructure strategy Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, funds repaid to the Maine Port Authority as a result of state investments or loans for the redevelopment of Mack Point must be used by the Maine Port Authority, in cooperation with the Department of Transportation, to undertake projects that link the State's ports and rail systems with the transportation infrastructure throughout the State.   [PL 1997, c. 643, Pt. AA, §2 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1997, c. 643, §AA2 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 4429 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 6: WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 412: WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION|Subchapter 2: MAINE PORT AUTHORITY|23 §4429. Marketing program

 §4429. Marketing program The Maine Port Terminal Facilities Marketing Program is established to encourage and promote business opportunities for Eastport's port terminal facility. The Maine Port Authority shall develop and implement the marketing program. The authority may enter into agreements or cooperative arrangements with any person or entity for the purpose of increasing the use of Eastport's port terminal facility. The authority may receive, administer and disburse funds, either independently or in conjunction with state funds allocated for the purpose, provided that funds so contributed must be used only for the purpose of marketing and economic development programs.   [PL 2001, c. 439, Pt. LLLL, §1 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2001, c. 439, §LLLL1 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 4430 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 6: WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION|Chapter 412: WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION|Subchapter 2: MAINE PORT AUTHORITY|23 §4430. Employees

 §4430. Employees 1.  Employees.  The board of directors of the Maine Port Authority may hire employees as the board considers necessary to fulfill its purposes. The board may also contract for the services of assistants, attorneys, experts, inspectors and consultants as the board considers necessary or desirable for its purposes.   [PL 2007, c. 134, §5 (NEW).] 2.  Retirement.  Employees of the Maine Port Authority are subject to the state retirement system provisions of Title 5, Part 20 and the state employee health insurance program under Title 5, chapter 13, subchapter 2.   The retirement accounts of state employees transferred to the authority in its capacity as an independent agency must remain in the state regular plan. New employees of the authority shall also become members of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System under the state regular plan. The authority shall make employer retirement plan contributions at the state regular plan rate. Employee retirement plan contributions are at the state regular plan rate.   Authority employees are entitled to receive the same retirement health benefits as state employees.   [PL 2007, c. 58, §3 (REV); PL 2007, c. 134, §5 (NEW).] 3.  Fringe benefits.  The accrued fringe benefits of state employees transferred to the Maine Port Authority in its capacity as an independent agency, including vacation and sick leave, health and life insurance and retirement, remain with the transferred employee.   [PL 2007, c. 134, §5 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2007, c. 58, §3 (REV). PL 2007, c. 134, §5 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 5121 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 605: MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION|Subchapter 1: FARES AND TOLLS|23 §5121. Fares and tolls established

 §5121. Fares and tolls established Any railroad corporation may establish and collect for its sole benefit, fares, tolls and charges upon all passengers and property conveyed and transported on its railroad, at such rates as may be determined by the directors of the railroad corporation and shall have a lien on its freight therefor, and may from time to time regulate by its directors the use of its road. The rates of fares, tolls, charges and regulations are at all times subject to alteration by the Legislature or by such officers or persons as the Legislature may appoint for the purpose, anything in the charter of the corporation to the contrary notwithstanding.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 5122 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 605: MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION|Subchapter 1: FARES AND TOLLS|23 §5122. Rights of ticket holders

 §5122. Rights of ticket holders No railroad company may limit the right of a ticket holder to any given train, but the ticket holder may travel on any train, whether regular or express, and may stop at any of the stations along the line of the road at which the trains stop. The ticket shall be good for passage for one year from the day it was first issued. Railroad companies may sell excursion, return or other special tickets at less than the regular rates of fare, to be used only as provided on the ticket.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 5123 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 605: MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION|Subchapter 1: FARES AND TOLLS|23 §5123. Railroad tickets; cancellation and exchange

 §5123. Railroad tickets; cancellation and exchange Section 5122 shall not prevent railroad corporations from establishing necessary rules and regulations for the cancellation of tickets and exchange of partially used tickets, but the rules and regulations shall be publicly posted at each ticket office and on all passenger trains and, when practicable, printed upon the tickets. Any ticket or check given in exchange for the unused portion of a partially used ticket continues in force for the full term of the original ticket, as provided in section 5122.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 5124 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 605: MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION|Subchapter 1: FARES AND TOLLS|23 §5124. Sale of limited tickets

 §5124. Sale of limited tickets No person, other than a duly authorized agent of the railroad company issuing a railroad ticket, may sell, offer for sale or loan any railroad ticket limited to the use of a person or persons specified on the ticket at the time of its issuance by the railroad company, under a penalty of not less than $10 nor more than $100, for each offense, to be recovered on complaint.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 5125 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 605: MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION|Subchapter 1: FARES AND TOLLS|23 §5125. Evading payment of fare or riding freight train

 §5125. Evading payment of fare or riding freight train No person is entitled to transportation over a steam railroad or upon any ferry or in a taxicab or public automobile, who does not on demand first pay the established fare. Whoever, while being transported over any steam railroad, ferry or in a taxicab or public automobile, willfully refuses on demand to pay the established fare and whoever fraudulently evades payment of the established fare by giving a false answer, by traveling beyond the place to which the person has paid or by leaving a train, ferry, taxicab or public automobile without paying the established fare, whether that fare is demanded or not, forfeits not less than $5 nor more than $20, to be recovered on complaint. No person, without right, may loiter or remain or place or cause to be placed any property or obstruction on the right-of-way of a railroad corporation or on land owned by a railroad corporation adjoining or adjacent to its right-of-way or, without right, may board or attempt to board or remain on any railroad freight train, freight car, caboose, locomotive or work equipment. Any person violating this portion of this section is guilty of a Class E crime.   [RR 2013, c. 2, §35 (COR).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW). RR 2013, c. 2, §35 (COR).
23 ME Rev Stat § 5141 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 605: MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION|Subchapter 2: SERVICES|23 §5141. Intersecting roads

 §5141. Intersecting roads Railroads intersecting or crossing each other shall be deemed, for all business purposes, connecting roads.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 5142 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 605: MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION|Subchapter 2: SERVICES|23 §5142. Trains crossing at same hour; exchange of baggage

 §5142. Trains crossing at same hour; exchange of baggage When railroads cross each other and passenger trains are due at the crossing at the same hour, the train first arriving shall wait for the arrival of the other, if it comes within 20 minutes. Each shall afford suitable opportunity for passengers desiring to change with their baggage from one train to the other. The superintendent, conductor and engineer of the road violating this provision forfeits to the State for each offense not less than $10 nor more than $50, to be recovered on complaint.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 5143 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 605: MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION|Subchapter 2: SERVICES|23 §5143. Equal facilities to all expresses

 §5143. Equal facilities to all expresses Every railroad operating in the State shall furnish reasonable and equal facilities and accommodations to all persons engaged in express business for transportation of themselves, agents, servants, merchandise and other property; for the use of their stations, buildings and grounds; and for exchanges at points of junction with other roads, under a penalty of not more than $500, to be recovered by indictment and are liable to the aggrieved party in a civil action for damages.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 5144 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 605: MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION|Subchapter 2: SERVICES|23 §5144. Discontinuance of service

 §5144. Discontinuance of service No railroad or railroad company may discontinue service to any point served prior to January 1, 1982, unless the railroad or railway company has filed with the Department of Transportation and with any municipality affected by the discontinuance of service and, in the case where service is discontinued solely to one shipper, with that shipper, a written notice of intention to discontinue that service. The written notice shall be given at least 30 days prior to discontinuing the service. This section does not apply to any railroad corporation engaged in interstate commerce while and so long as that corporation is required by federal law to make application to and procure consent from the Interstate Commerce Commission as a condition precedent to any such abandonment of property or discontinuance of service as is contemplated in this section.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 5151 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 605: MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION|Subchapter 3: SHARES, COUPONS AND MORTGAGES|23 §5151. Shares

 §5151. Shares Shares in the capital of railroad corporations are personal estate and may be transferred in the same manner and with the same rights as shares in other corporations are transferred.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 5152 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 605: MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION|Subchapter 3: SHARES, COUPONS AND MORTGAGES|23 §5152. Rights of coupon holders

 §5152. Rights of coupon holders When coupons for interest issued with bonds are, for a valuable consideration, detached and assigned by delivery, the assignee may maintain a civil action upon them in his own name against the corporation engaging to pay them.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 5153 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 605: MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION|Subchapter 3: SHARES, COUPONS AND MORTGAGES|23 §5153. Trustees; vacancies; elections affirmed; decrees enforced

 §5153. Trustees; vacancies; elections affirmed; decrees enforced When a railroad corporation mortgages its franchise for the payment of its bonds or coupons and trustees are appointed by the corporation, by special law or by the mortgage, the bondholders, at a regular meeting called for the purpose and notified as provided may, from time to time, elect by ballot new trustees to fill vacancies, when no other method for filling vacancies is specifically provided in the appointment, special law or mortgage. Any party interested may present the proceedings of the meeting to the Superior Court. The court shall appoint a time of hearing and order such notice to parties interested as it deems proper, and may affirm the elections and make and enforce any decrees necessary for the transfer of the trust property to the new trustees. The decrees shall be filed with the clerk of the judicial court where the hearing is had and be recorded by him.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 5154 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 605: MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION|Subchapter 3: SHARES, COUPONS AND MORTGAGES|23 §5154. Breach of mortgage; meeting of bondholders

 §5154. Breach of mortgage; meeting of bondholders The neglect of the corporation to pay any overdue bonds or coupons secured by a mortgage, for 90 days after presentment and demand on the treasurer or president of the corporation, is a breach of the conditions of the mortgage. Upon such a breach, the trustees shall call a meeting of the bondholders, by publishing the time and place of the meeting for 3 weeks successively in the state paper and in some paper in the county where the road lies, the last publication to be at least one week before the time of the meeting.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 5155 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 605: MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION|Subchapter 3: SHARES, COUPONS AND MORTGAGES|23 §5155. One vote for every $100 of bonds

 §5155. One vote for every $100 of bonds At such a meeting and all others, each bondholder present shall have one vote for each $100 of bonds held by him or represented by proxy. They may organize by the choice of a moderator and clerk and determine whether the trustees shall take possession of the road and manage and operate it in their behalf.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 5156 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 605: MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION|Subchapter 3: SHARES, COUPONS AND MORTGAGES|23 §5156. Trustees taking possession have corporate powers

 §5156. Trustees taking possession have corporate powers If the bondholders so determine, the trustees shall take possession of the road and all other property covered by the mortgage and have all the rights and powers and be subject to all the obligations of the directors and corporation of the road and may prosecute and defend suits in their own name as trustees.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 5157 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 605: MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION|Subchapter 3: SHARES, COUPONS AND MORTGAGES|23 §5157. Receipts and expenditures; trustees not liable; road surrendered

 §5157. Receipts and expenditures; trustees not liable; road surrendered The trustees shall keep an accurate account of the receipts and expenditures of the road and exhibit it, on request, to any officer of the corporation or other person interested. They shall, from the receipts, keep the road, buildings and equipment in repair, furnish such new rolling stock as is necessary and the balance, after paying running expenses, shall be applied to the payment of any damages arising from misfeasance in the management of the road and after that, according to the rights of parties under the mortgage. They are not personally liable except for malfeasance or fraud. When all overdue bonds and coupons secured by the mortgage are paid, they shall surrender the road and other property to the parties entitled to them.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 5158 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 605: MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION|Subchapter 3: SHARES, COUPONS AND MORTGAGES|23 §5158. Bondholders' meetings; reports; compensation and instructions for trustees

 §5158. Bondholders' meetings; reports; compensation and instructions for trustees The trustees shall annually, and at other times on written request of 1/5 of the bondholders in amount, call a meeting of the bondholders in the manner prescribed in the bylaws of the corporation for calling a meeting of stockholders and report to them the state of the property, the receipts, expenses and the application of the funds. At the meeting, the bondholders may fix the compensation of the trustees; instruct them to contract with the directors of the corporation or other competent party to operate the road while the trustees have the right of possession, if approved by the bondholders at a regular meeting, otherwise not exceeding 2 years and to pay them the net earnings; or may give them any other instruction that they deem advisable; and the trustees shall conform thereto, unless inconsistent with the terms of the trust.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 5161 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 605: MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION|Subchapter 4: FORECLOSURE AND REDEMPTION OF MORTGAGES|23 §5161. Railroad mortgages foreclosed

 §5161. Railroad mortgages foreclosed The trustees, on application of 1/3 of the bondholders in amount to have railroad mortgage foreclosed, shall immediately give notice thereof, by publishing it 3 weeks successively in the state paper and in some paper, if any, in each county into which the road extends, stating the date and conditions of the mortgage, the claims of the applicants under it, that the conditions of the mortgage have been broken and that for that reason they claim a foreclosure. They shall cause a copy of the notice and the name and date of each newspaper containing it to be recorded in the registry of deeds in every such county within 60 days from the first publication. Unless, within 3 years from the first publication, the mortgage is redeemed by the mortgagors or those claiming under them or equitable relief as in cases of the redemption of mortgage lands is sought, founded on payment or a legal tender of the amount of overdue bonds and coupons or containing an averment that the complainants are ready and willing to redeem on the rendering of an account, the right of redemption shall be forever foreclosed.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 5162 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 7: RAILROADS|Chapter 605: MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION|Subchapter 4: FORECLOSURE AND REDEMPTION OF MORTGAGES|23 §5162. Overdue bonds and coupons for record

 §5162. Overdue bonds and coupons for record Each holder of overdue bonds or coupons shall present them to the trustees at least 30 days before the right of redemption expires, to be recorded by them. That right is not lost by the nonpayment of any claims not so presented. The parties having the right to redeem shall have free access to the record of the claims.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).