Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 356 – Disbursements
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 356
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Municipality: includes cities, towns and plantations, except that "municipality" does not include plantations in Title 10, chapter 110, subchapter IV; or Title 30?A, Part 2. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
The fund is available to compensate the municipalities of the State for legal expenses, including court costs, attorneys’ fees and expert and other witness fees, incurred in the enforcement of local land use laws and ordinances affecting great ponds and the defense of regulatory actions taken pursuant to such land use laws and ordinances. The State shall provide 75% of a municipality‘s legal expenses which must be matched with a 25% local share, except that no single municipality may receive more than $25,000 from the fund in any fiscal year. For purposes of this subchapter, “land use laws and ordinances” means those laws and ordinances enumerated in Title 30?A, section 4452, subsection 5. [PL 1989, c. 890, Pt. A, §40 (AFF); PL 1989, c. 890, Pt. B, §16 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1987, c. 349, §H28 (NEW). PL 1987, c. 769, §A171 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 890, §§A40,B16 (AMD).