Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 461 – State reimbursement for costs of rescue services supported by communities with populations of less than 200
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1. Reimbursement for costs. The State may reimburse communities with populations of less than 200 that have no Interstate 95 exit within the town limits of that town for those communities’ costs of providing fire, ambulance or other rescue services for accidents that occur on Interstate 95.
[PL 2005, c. 413, §1 (NEW).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 461
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Rescue: means those services required to free or save persons from imminent injury or death due to accidents or other emergencies. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 451
- Town: includes cities and plantations, unless otherwise expressed or implied. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
2. Reimbursement for Rescue Services Fund. There is established within the Department of Public Safety the Reimbursement for Rescue Services Fund, referred to in this subsection as “the fund,” as a dedicated fund to provide reimbursement for costs of rescue services as provided in subsection 1. The Commissioner of Public Safety may accept money into the fund from gifts, grants, bequests and donations and any appropriation or allocation that the commissioner determines necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
[PL 2005, c. 413, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2005, c. 413, §1 (NEW).