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30-A §1910. Liability

§1910. Liability The liability of the jail authority is governed by Title 14, chapter 741. A member of the jail authority, a member of a board of the jail authority and an employee of the jail authority are not subject to any personal liability for having acted in the service of their duty within the […]

30-A §1951. Jail authority bonds and notes

§1951. Jail authority bonds and notes 1.  Authorization of bonds.  Subject to the limitations in this subchapter, the jail authority may provide by resolution of its board of directors and commissioners and with consent of the counties for the borrowing of money and the issuance from time to time of bonds and notes for any […]

30-A §1952. Charges

§1952. Charges All persons, firms and corporations, whether public or private, and each county shall pay to the treasurer of the jail authority formed under this chapter the rates, tolls, assessments, rents, transportation charges and other charges established by the directors for services provided by the jail authority. In this subchapter, the words “other charges” […]

30-A §1953. Collection of unpaid charges

§1953. Collection of unpaid charges The treasurer of the jail authority may collect the rates, tolls, assessments, rents, transportation charges and other charges established by the jail authority and those charges are committed to the treasurer. The treasurer may, after demand for payment, sue in the name of the jail authority in a civil action […]

30-A §1954. Guarantee by counties of jail authority bonds and notes

§1954. Guarantee by counties of jail authority bonds and notes Subject to the consent of the counties, the board of directors and a majority of the commissioners of each county may provide by resolution for the issuance, at one time or from time to time, of guaranteed notes and bonds of the jail authority for […]

30-A §1955. Bonds issued by counties

§1955. Bonds issued by counties For the purpose of assisting the jail authority in financing the multicounty jail authorized by this chapter, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, with consent of the counties, Lincoln County and Sagadahoc County may issue general obligation bonds backed by the full faith and credit of the counties. Proceeds […]

30-A §1901. Powers

§1901. Powers The power and authority of the jail authority formed under this chapter and the administration and the general supervision of all affairs of the authority are vested in the directors. The jail authority has the power, within the counties, to provide for the planning, construction, equipping, operation and maintenance of a common facility […]

30-A §1902. Real and personal property; right of eminent domain

§1902. Real and personal property; right of eminent domain The jail authority formed under this chapter may acquire and hold real and personal property that the jail authority considers necessary for its purposes and is granted the right of eminent domain. The jail authority may take and hold, either by exercising its right of eminent […]

30-A §1903. Procedure in exercise of right of eminent domain

§1903. Procedure in exercise of right of eminent domain The right of eminent domain granted in section 1902 may only be exercised after complying with the following procedures.   [PL 2003, c. 228, §1 (NEW).] 1.  Notice to owner.  The jail authority shall provide notice to the owner of property subject to seizure as follows. […]

30-A §1904. Condemnation proceedings

§1904. Condemnation proceedings The jail authority formed under this chapter, in exercising the right of eminent domain conferred upon it by section 1902 shall file in the office of the commissioners of the county in which the property to be taken is located and cause to be recorded in the registry of deeds in the […]