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35-A ME Rev Stat § 3752 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 35-A: PUBLIC UTILITIES|Part 3: ELECTRIC POWER|Chapter 37: RURAL ELECTRIFICATION COOPERATIVES|Subchapter 3: POWERS|35-A §3752. Amendment of articles

 §3752. Amendment of articles A cooperative may amend its articles of incorporation as follows.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]1.  Meeting and notice.  The proposed amendment shall be presented to a meeting of the members. The proposed amendment shall be set forth in or attached to the notice of the meeting.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).] 2.  Approval.  If the proposed amendment, with any changes, is approved by the affirmative vote of not less than 2/3 of those members voting on the amendment at the meeting, articles of amendment shall be executed and acknowledged on behalf of the cooperative by its president or vice-president and its seal shall be affixed to the articles and attested by its secretary.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).] 3.  Contents of articles of amendment.  The articles of amendment shall recite that they are executed pursuant to this chapter and shall state:   A. The name of the cooperative;   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]B. The address of its principal office; and   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]C. The amendment to its articles of incorporation.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).][PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).] 4.  Affidavit.  The president or vice-president executing the articles shall make and attach to the articles an affidavit stating that this section was complied with.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A6 (NEW).
35-A ME Rev Stat § 3753 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 35-A: PUBLIC UTILITIES|Part 3: ELECTRIC POWER|Chapter 37: RURAL ELECTRIFICATION COOPERATIVES|Subchapter 3: POWERS|35-A §3753. Change of location of principal office

 §3753. Change of location of principal office A cooperative may, upon authorization of its board of trustees or its members, change the location of its principal office by filing a certificate reciting the change, executed and acknowledged by its president or vice-president under its seal, attested by its secretary, in the office of the Secretary of State.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A6 (NEW).
35-A ME Rev Stat § 3771 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 35-A: PUBLIC UTILITIES|Part 3: ELECTRIC POWER|Chapter 37: RURAL ELECTRIFICATION COOPERATIVES|Subchapter 4: GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION COOPERATIVES|35-A §3771. Organization of generation and transmission cooperatives

 §3771. Organization of generation and transmission cooperatives One or more cooperatives formed under this Title may organize and control a cooperative having as its principal purpose the generation, manufacture, purchase, acquisition, accumulation, transmission, sale, supply and disposal of electric energy. Such a cooperative shall have all of the powers of cooperatives formed under this Title.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A6 (NEW).
35-A ME Rev Stat § 3772 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 35-A: PUBLIC UTILITIES|Part 3: ELECTRIC POWER|Chapter 37: RURAL ELECTRIFICATION COOPERATIVES|Subchapter 4: GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION COOPERATIVES|35-A §3772. Jurisdiction of Public Utilities Commission

 §3772. Jurisdiction of Public Utilities Commission Cooperatives formed under this subchapter are public utilities and subject to the requirements of this Title, except for those requirements of this chapter which are inconsistent with the operation of cooperatives formed under this subchapter, notwithstanding any public or private laws to the contrary. Those cooperatives require the authorization of the commission to transmit, sell, supply or dispose of electric energy to any member of the cooperative. That authorization may be granted by order or rule.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A6 (NEW).
35-A ME Rev Stat § 4101 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 35-A: PUBLIC UTILITIES|Part 3: ELECTRIC POWER|Chapter 41: MAINE MUNICIPAL AND RURAL ELECTRIFICATION COOPERATIVE AGENCY ACT|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|35-A §4101. Short Title

 §4101. Short Title This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Maine Municipal and Rural Electrification Cooperative Agency Act."   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A6 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 855, §§1,2 (AFF).
35-A ME Rev Stat § 4102 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 35-A: PUBLIC UTILITIES|Part 3: ELECTRIC POWER|Chapter 41: MAINE MUNICIPAL AND RURAL ELECTRIFICATION COOPERATIVE AGENCY ACT|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|35-A §4102. Findings and declaration of necessity

 §4102. Findings and declaration of necessity It is found and declared that:   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]1.  Supply necessary.  An adequate, reliable and economical supply of electricity in the State is a necessity to the enjoyment of life and health by the people of the State and its absence would endanger the State, its people and its economy;   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).] 2.  Development.  The provision of a means of promoting the development of an adequate, reliable and economical supply of electricity is a matter of public and state concern, is a public purpose and is for the general good of the inhabitants of the State;   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).] 3.  Deficiency.  There exists a serious deficiency in the ability of various municipalities and rural electric cooperatives in the State presently providing electricity for sale at retail to finance the acquisition, construction and installation of generation, transmission and distribution facilities necessary to ensure an adequate, reliable and economical supply of electricity, and that deficiency constitutes an exigency under which the Legislature may act;   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).] 4.  Supply.  The enactment of this chapter constitutes the most expedient way for the Legislature to provide a means for those municipalities and rural electric cooperatives to develop an adequate, reliable and economical supply of electricity; and   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).] 5.  Public interest.  The necessity of the public interest for the provisions enacted is declared as a matter of legislative determination.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A6 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 855, §§1,2 (AFF).
35-A ME Rev Stat § 4134 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 35-A: PUBLIC UTILITIES|Part 3: ELECTRIC POWER|Chapter 41: MAINE MUNICIPAL AND RURAL ELECTRIFICATION COOPERATIVE AGENCY ACT|Subchapter 2: ESTABLISHMENT AND ORGANIZATION|35-A §4134. Acquisition of property

 §4134. Acquisition of property 1.  Eminent domain.  The agency may acquire by the exercise of the power of eminent domain any real property, or any interest in real property, which it determines necessary for its purposes under this chapter, after the adoption by it of a resolution declaring the acquisition of the real property or interest in it described in the resolution is necessary for those purposes.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).] 2.  Restrictions.  The agency shall exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided in Title 30‑A, section 5108. References in Title 30‑A, section 5108, to an urban renewal project and a renewal project area and the like are inapplicable. Notwithstanding Title 30‑A, section 5108:   A. No facility for the generation, transmission or distribution of electricity owned by any person may be taken, except for the purpose of acquiring property or rights in it in order to permit the crossing of existing transmission or distribution facilities. In the event of a taking, the respective rights and obligations of the agency and the property owner shall, upon petition of either party, be determined by the commission.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]B. No site for a project for which any utility or person had filed an application for preliminary permit, a license or application for exemption from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on or before November 1, 1977, may be taken until the time, if ever, that the application is denied, and no further renewals or appeals are available to the utility or person, or the utility or person abandons its application, permit or license; and   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]C. No property may be taken, except as may be necessary for the proper location of transmission or distribution lines and necessary appurtenances to them, unless the property is located within the territory in which a municipality or cooperative provides service or within one mile of the territory.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).][PL 1995, c. 254, §13 (AMD).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A6 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 855, §§1,2 (AFF). PL 1995, c. 254, §13 (AMD).
35-A ME Rev Stat § 4135 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 35-A: PUBLIC UTILITIES|Part 3: ELECTRIC POWER|Chapter 41: MAINE MUNICIPAL AND RURAL ELECTRIFICATION COOPERATIVE AGENCY ACT|Subchapter 2: ESTABLISHMENT AND ORGANIZATION|35-A §4135. Tax exemption

 §4135. Tax exemption 1.  Bonds or notes.  All bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued under this chapter are issued by a political subdivision or a body corporate and politic of the State, and for an essential public and governmental purpose. Those bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness and the interest on them and the income from them, including any profit on their sale, and all activities of the agency and fees, charges, funds, revenues, incomes and other money of the agency, whether or not pledged or available to pay or secure the payment of those bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness or interest on them, are exempt from all taxation, franchise fees or special assessments of whatever kind, except for transfer, inheritance and estate taxes.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).] 2.  Property taxes.  All real and personal property acquired by the agency is subject to taxes to the same extent as real and personal property owned by other transmission and distribution utilities.   [PL 1999, c. 398, Pt. A, §93 (AMD); PL 1999, c. 398, Pt. A, §§104, 105 (AFF).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A6 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 855, §§1,2 (AFF). PL 1999, c. 398, §A93 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 398, §§A104,105 (AFF).
35-A ME Rev Stat § 4136 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 35-A: PUBLIC UTILITIES|Part 3: ELECTRIC POWER|Chapter 41: MAINE MUNICIPAL AND RURAL ELECTRIFICATION COOPERATIVE AGENCY ACT|Subchapter 2: ESTABLISHMENT AND ORGANIZATION|35-A §4136. Rules and rates

 §4136. Rules and rates 1.  Rules.  The agency may make and enforce rules consistent with the purpose of this chapter.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).] 2.  Rates.  The agency may establish, levy and collect or may authorize by contract, franchise, lease or otherwise, the establishment, levying and collection of rents, rates and other charge:   A. For the services afforded by the agency or afforded by or in connection with any project or properties which it may construct, erect, acquire, own, operate or control or with respect to which it may have any interest or any right to capacity; and   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]B. For the sale of electricity or of generation or transmission capacity or service as it determines necessary, proper, desirable and reasonable.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]Rents, rates and other charges shall be at least sufficient to meet the expenses of the agency, including operating and maintenance expenses, reasonable reserves, interest and principal payments, including payments into one or more sinking funds for the retirement of principal, and other requirements of any trust agreement or resolution and any additional amounts which must be realized in order to meet the requirements of any rate covenant imposed by any resolution or trust agreement authorizing and securing bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness. The agency may pledge its rates, rents and other revenues, or any part of them, as security for the repayment, with interest and redemption premiums, if any, of any money borrowed by it or advanced to it for any of its authorized purposes and as security for the payment of amounts due and owed by it under any contract.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A6 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 855, §§1,2 (AFF).
35-A ME Rev Stat § 4137 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 35-A: PUBLIC UTILITIES|Part 3: ELECTRIC POWER|Chapter 41: MAINE MUNICIPAL AND RURAL ELECTRIFICATION COOPERATIVE AGENCY ACT|Subchapter 2: ESTABLISHMENT AND ORGANIZATION|35-A §4137. Powers of municipalities and cooperatives

 §4137. Powers of municipalities and cooperatives By resolution of its governing body, a municipality or cooperative may:   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]1.  Director.  Appoint a director to the board in accordance with section 4131;   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).] 2.  Contracts.  Contract with the agency for the generation, manufacture, purchase, sale, exchange, distribution or transmission of electricity and other services on such terms and for such period of time as the resolution may provide;   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).] 3.  Appropriation.  Appropriate or provide revenues and other money derived by them from their electric departments or systems or, in the case of those municipalities having combined electric, water, sewer and other utility systems, the revenues derived from such combined systems under any contract with the agency; and   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).] 4.  Other contracts.  Make and execute all contracts, agreements and other instruments, and perform all acts necessary and convenient or desirable to carry out the purposes of this chapter or the powers expressly granted or necessarily implied in this chapter.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A6 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 855, §§1,2 (AFF).
35-A ME Rev Stat § 4138 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 35-A: PUBLIC UTILITIES|Part 3: ELECTRIC POWER|Chapter 41: MAINE MUNICIPAL AND RURAL ELECTRIFICATION COOPERATIVE AGENCY ACT|Subchapter 2: ESTABLISHMENT AND ORGANIZATION|35-A §4138. Construction contracts

 §4138. Construction contracts The agency may contract for the planning, acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, repair, extension and improvement of any project or may contract with other public or private owners of any project to perform these functions without preparing final plans and specifications in advance of construction or securing performance and payment bonds, except to the extent that the directors determine that these actions are desirable in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter. Except as otherwise provided by this section, no contract may be invalid or unenforceable by reason of nonperformance of the conditions required by any other law relating to public contracts. The agency shall adopt a procedure for awarding contracts relating to a project 50% or more of which is owned by the agency, which procedure may not be inconsistent with that of the State established in Title 5, chapters 153 and 155.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A6 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 855, §§1,2 (AFF).
35-A ME Rev Stat § 4152 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 35-A: PUBLIC UTILITIES|Part 3: ELECTRIC POWER|Chapter 41: MAINE MUNICIPAL AND RURAL ELECTRIFICATION COOPERATIVE AGENCY ACT|Subchapter 3: FORM AND NATURE OF BONDS AND NOTES|35-A §4152. Presumption of validity

 §4152. Presumption of validity After issuance, all bonds or notes of the agency shall be conclusively presumed to be fully authorized and issued under the laws of the State and any person or governmental unit shall be stopped from questioning their authorization, sale, issuance, execution or delivery by the agency.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A6 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 855, §§1,2 (AFF).
35-A ME Rev Stat § 4153 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 35-A: PUBLIC UTILITIES|Part 3: ELECTRIC POWER|Chapter 41: MAINE MUNICIPAL AND RURAL ELECTRIFICATION COOPERATIVE AGENCY ACT|Subchapter 3: FORM AND NATURE OF BONDS AND NOTES|35-A §4153. Federal insurance of guaranty; taxable bond option

 §4153. Federal insurance of guaranty; taxable bond option 1.  Agency authorization.  The agency may obtain from any department or agency of the United States or nongovernmental insurer any insurance or guaranty, to the extent available as to, of, or for, the payment or repayment of, interest or principal, or both, or any part of interest or principal, on any bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued by the agency, or on any municipal obligations of governmental units or cooperatives purchased or held by the agency, pursuant to this chapter; and notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, enter into any agreement or contract with respect to any insurance or guaranty, except to the extent that the same would in any way impair or interfere with the ability of the agency to perform and fulfill the terms of any agreement made with the holders of the bonds or notes of the agency.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).] 2.  Interest.  The agency may covenant and consent that the interest on certain of its bonds shall be includable under the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1954 or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue law of the United States, in the gross income of the holders of the bonds to the same extent and in the same manner that the interest on bills, bonds, notes or other obligations of the United States is includable in the gross income of the holders of them under the United States Internal Revenue Code or any subsequent law. Nothing contained in this chapter may be construed to covenant or consent or to authorize any covenant or consent to the application of any other provision of any other laws, federal or state, to the agency or its bonds or notes to the elimination or modification in any way of any other exemption, privilege or immunity of them, except to the extent that may be required to undertake projects outside of the State.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A6 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 855, §§1,2 (AFF).
35-A ME Rev Stat § 4154 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 35-A: PUBLIC UTILITIES|Part 3: ELECTRIC POWER|Chapter 41: MAINE MUNICIPAL AND RURAL ELECTRIFICATION COOPERATIVE AGENCY ACT|Subchapter 3: FORM AND NATURE OF BONDS AND NOTES|35-A §4154. Refunding obligations; issuance

 §4154. Refunding obligations; issuance The agency may provide for the issuance of refunding obligations for the purpose of refunding any obligations then outstanding which have been issued under this chapter, including the payment of any cost of issuance of them, if any, redemption premium on them and any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of redemption of these obligations and for any corporate purpose of the agency. The issuance of the obligations, the maturities, and other details pertaining to them, the rights of their holders and the rights, duties and obligations of the agency in respect to them shall be governed by this chapter which relate to the issuance of obligations, insofar as those provisions may be appropriate.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A6 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 855, §§1,2 (AFF).
35-A ME Rev Stat § 4155 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 35-A: PUBLIC UTILITIES|Part 3: ELECTRIC POWER|Chapter 41: MAINE MUNICIPAL AND RURAL ELECTRIFICATION COOPERATIVE AGENCY ACT|Subchapter 3: FORM AND NATURE OF BONDS AND NOTES|35-A §4155. Refunding obligations; sale

 §4155. Refunding obligations; sale Refunding obligations issued as provided in section 4154 may be sold or exchanged for outstanding obligations issued under this chapter and, if sold, the proceeds from them may be applied, in addition to any other authorized purposes, to the purchase, redemption or payment of those outstanding obligations. Pending the application of the proceeds of any refunding obligations, with any other available funds, to the payment of the principal, accrued interest and any redemption premium on the obligations being refunded, and, if so provided or permitted in the resolution authorizing the issuance of these refunding obligations or in the trust agreement securing them, to the payment of any interest on refunding obligations to be refunded or the trust agreement securing and any expenses in connection with refunding, such proceeds may be invested as specified in the resolution authorizing the obligations and any expenses in connection with refunding, such proceeds may be invested as specified in the resolution authorizing the obligations to be refunded or the trust agreement securing them. These investments shall mature or shall be subject to redemption by their holders, at the option of the holders, not later than the respective dates when the proceeds, together with the interest accruing on them, will be required for the purposes intended.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A6 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 855, §§1,2 (AFF).
35-A ME Rev Stat § 4157 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 35-A: PUBLIC UTILITIES|Part 3: ELECTRIC POWER|Chapter 41: MAINE MUNICIPAL AND RURAL ELECTRIFICATION COOPERATIVE AGENCY ACT|Subchapter 3: FORM AND NATURE OF BONDS AND NOTES|35-A §4157. Credit of State and members of agency not pledged

 §4157. Credit of State and members of agency not pledged Obligations issued under this chapter are not deemed to constitute a debt, liability or obligation of the State, any political subdivision other than the agency or any municipality or cooperative, nor may they be deemed to constitute a pledge of the faith and credit of the State, any political subdivision or any municipality or cooperative, but are payable solely from the revenues or assets of the agency. Each obligation issued by the agency shall contain on its face a statement to the effect that the agency is not obligated to pay the obligation or the interest on it, except from the revenues or assets pledged or otherwise available for those purposes and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the State, any political subdivision other than the agency or any municipality or cooperative is pledged to the payment of the principal of or the interest of these obligations.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A6 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 855, §§1,2 (AFF).
35-A ME Rev Stat § 4158 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 35-A: PUBLIC UTILITIES|Part 3: ELECTRIC POWER|Chapter 41: MAINE MUNICIPAL AND RURAL ELECTRIFICATION COOPERATIVE AGENCY ACT|Subchapter 3: FORM AND NATURE OF BONDS AND NOTES|35-A §4158. Notes and bonds as legal investment

 §4158. Notes and bonds as legal investment The State and all public officers, governmental units and agencies of the State, all banks, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, all credit unions and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking funds, money or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued under this chapter, and the bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness are authorized security for any public deposits.   [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 141, §A6 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 855, §§1,2 (AFF).