Maine Revised Statutes > Title 5 > Part 1 > Chapter 7 – Treasurer of State
Current as of: 2023 | Check for updates
|
Other versions
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 5 > Part 1 > Chapter 7 - Treasurer of State
- Abuse or neglect: means a threat to a child's health or welfare by physical, mental or emotional injury or impairment, sexual abuse or exploitation including under Title 17?A, sections 282, 852, 853 and 855 or deprivation of essential needs, or lack of protection from these, by a person responsible for the child. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002
- Adult: means a person who has attained the age of 18 years. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
- Advanced communications technology infrastructure: means any communications technology infrastructure or infrastructure improvement that expands the deployment of, or improves the quality of, broadband availability and connectivity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 9202
- Advanced communications technology infrastructure: means any communications technology infrastructure or infrastructure improvement that expands the deployment of, or improves the quality of, broadband availability and wireless service coverage. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 9402
- Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- Affiliate: means any person who, as determined by the commission:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3303Aggravating factor: means any of the following circumstances with regard to the parent. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002 Agricultural commodity: means any and all agricultural, horticultural and vineyard crops and products when produced or sold in this State, either in their natural state or as processed by the producer, including such products as:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 423Agricultural enterprise: includes a business or activity that attracts visitors to a farm for the purpose of supplementing income from the primary crop or livestock operation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 434 Allegation: something that someone says happened. Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it. Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments. Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year. Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense. Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant. 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 Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority. Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account. Associate: means any person other than a transmission and distribution utility that substantially participates in the ownership or operation of a cogeneration or small power production facility or any person that contracts to receive the thermal output of a cogeneration facility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3303 Associated facilities: means elements of a wind energy development other than its generating facilities that are necessary to the proper operation and maintenance of the wind energy development, including but not limited to buildings, access roads, generator lead lines and substations. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451 Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court. Authority: means the ConnectMaine Authority established in section 9203. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 9202 Authority: means the Maine Connectivity Authority established in section 9404. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 9402 Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings. Battery storage system: means a commercially available technology that uses chemical processes for absorbing energy and storing it for a period of time for use at a later time, including but not limited to lithium-ion batteries. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3498 Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC Best practical mitigation: means methods or technologies used during construction or operation of a wind energy development that control or reduce to the lowest feasible level impacts to scenic or wildlife resources in accordance with rules adopted by the department. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451 Bid rate: means the rate proposed under a qualified bid for the output of a distributed generation resource in response to a competitive procurement solicitation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481 Blockage level: means the proportion of placed calls that fail to reach a relay operator. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 8702 Bonds: means bonds, debts, notes or other evidences of indebtedness. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 9402 Caller-ID: means a service that allows a person who receives a telephone call to know, by means of an appropriate device, the telephone access line identification number or other telephone access line identification information. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 7102 Campsite: means a camping location containing tents, registered tent trailers, registered pickup campers, registered recreational vehicles, registered trailers or similar devices used for camping. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 682 Cave: includes natural subsurface water and drainage systems, but does not include any mine, tunnel or other artificial excavation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 544-J Cave life: means any life-form normally found in a cave. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 544-J Certified business: means a business that has been certified by the federal Small Business Administration or another appropriate entity, as determined by the commission by rule, as a minority-owned, veteran-owned or women-owned business. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3401-A Charter: means a private and special law or a series of private and special laws that establishes a water district and defines its responsibilities and authority. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 6402 Child or children: means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Child protection proceeding: means a proceeding on a child protection petition under subchapter VI, a subsequent proceeding to review or modify a case disposition under section 4038, an appeal under section 4006, a proceeding on a termination petition under subchapter VI, or a proceeding on a medical treatment petition under subchapter VIII. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002 Clearing price: means the highest bid rate accepted by the commission for a procurement under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481 Cogenerator: means a municipality or person:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3303Combined heat and power project: means a facility that uses wood fuel to generate electric heat and power that is used for industrial or space heating purposes. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3622 Combined observation: means a view from a scenic resource of state or national significance of more than one group of generating facilities located within the viewshed of the scenic resource of state or national significance within the field of view of a stationary viewer. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451 Commercial or institutional customer: means a nonresidential customer of an investor?owned transmission and distribution utility in the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481 Commercial sporting camp: means a building or group of buildings devoted primarily to the offering of primitive lodging facilities for a fee to persons primarily in pursuit of primitive recreation or snowmobiling. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 682 Commission: means the Public Utilities Commission. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102 Commissioner: means one of the members of the Public Utilities Commission. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102 Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 1-A Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 1801 Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry or the commissioner's designee. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 423 Communications service: means any wireline voice, satellite, data, fixed wireless data or video retail service. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 9202 Communications service: means any wireline voice, satellite, data, fixed wireless data or video retail service or cellular voice or data service. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 9402 Communications service provider: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 9202Community and workforce enhancement standards: means the standards described in section 3408, subsection 3 that contractors and subcontractors responsible for construction work and individuals performing construction work must meet. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3401-A Community benefit agreement: means an agreement between the developer of an expedited wind energy development and a host community that involves payments by the developer to the host community to be utilized for public purposes, including, but not limited to, for property tax reductions, economic development projects, land and natural resource conservation, tourism promotion or reduction of energy costs, and that specifies in writing:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451Community benefits package: means the aggregate collection of tangible benefits resulting from any of the following:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451Community Reinvestment Act: The Act is intended to encourage depository institutions to help meet the credit needs of the communities in which they operate, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. It was enacted by the Congress in 1977. Source: OCC Community-based offshore wind energy project: means a wind energy development, as defined by Title 35?A, section 3451, subsection 11, with an aggregate generating capacity of less than 3 megawatts that meets the following criteria: the generating facilities are wholly or partially located on or above the coastal submerged lands of the State; the generating facilities are located within one nautical mile of one or more islands that are within the unorganized and deorganized areas of the State and the project will offset part or all of the electricity requirements of those island communities; and the development meets the definition of "community-based renewable energy project" as defined by Title 35?A, section 3602, subsection 1. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 682 Community-based renewable energy project: means a locally owned electricity generating facility that generates electricity from an eligible renewable resource. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3602 Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant. Construction work: means the construction, alteration or remodeling of a structure and any work directly related to the construction, alteration or remodeling of a structure, including, but not limited to, landscaping and trucking, but does not include surveying or engineering or the examination or inspection of a construction site. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3401-A Consumer-owned water utility: includes but is not limited to:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 6101Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time. Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant. Council: means the Telecommunications Relay Services Council. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 8702 Credit rate: means the per?kilowatt?hour rate used to calculate the monetary value of a distributed generation resource. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481 Cumulative scenic impact or effect: means the potential adverse effect on the scenic character and existing uses related to the scenic character of scenic resources of state or national significance resulting from the incremental impact of a proposed wind energy development when added to the effects of other existing, permitted or pending wind energy developments within the viewshed of a scenic resource of state or national significance. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451 Currently available and qualified employee: means an individual, including, but not limited to, an apprentice, performing construction work who:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3401-ACustodial parent: means a parent with custody. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002 Custodian: means the person who has legal custody and power over the person of a child. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002 Customer: includes any person, government or governmental division which has applied for, been accepted and is currently receiving service from a public utility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102 Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries. Dark fiber provider: means a person, its lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court, owning, controlling, operating or managing federally supported dark fiber that:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102Debtor: means an individual debtor. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 14 Sec. 4421 Decommissioning: includes the grading to postconstruction grade and revegetation of all earth disturbed during construction and decommissioning, except for areas already restored, providing for the recycling of the waste components of the solar energy development that are recyclable, including, but not limited to, the solar panels, by a facility authorized to accept such materials for recycling and providing for the disposal of the waste components of the solar energy development that are not recyclable by a facility authorized to accept such materials for disposal. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3491 Decommissioning: includes the grading to postconstruction grade and revegetation of all earth disturbed during construction and decommissioning, except for areas already restored. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3498 Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another. Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime. Department: means the Department of Environmental Protection. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451 Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 1-A Department: means the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 1801 Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another. Dependent: includes a spouse, whether or not actually dependent. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 14 Sec. 4421 Development: means all of the methods used in the preparation of a known and presumed economically extractable ore deposit for mining. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 549-A Director: means the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 1801 Director of the survey: means the executive head of the survey under section 543, subsection 1. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 549-A Disadvantaged business enterprise: means a business that is certified by the Department of Transportation in compliance with federal regulations under Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 26. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3401-A Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source: Distributed energy resources: means small-scale electrical generation sources located close to where the generated electricity is used, energy storage resources, energy efficiency resources or demand response resources. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3351 Distributed generation resource: means an electric generating facility with a nameplate capacity of less than 5 megawatts that uses a renewable fuel or technology under section 3210, subsection 2, paragraph B?3 and is located in the service territory of a transmission and distribution utility in the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481 District: means geographical division of the production areas in this State as may be established by the commissioner pursuant to this subchapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 423 Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings. Donor: The person who makes a gift. Dwelling unit: means any part of a structure which, through sale or lease, is intended for human habitation, including single-family and multifamily housing, condominiums, time-share units, and apartments. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 682 Ecological reserve: means an area owned or leased by the State, under the jurisdiction of the bureau, designated by the director for the purpose of maintaining one or more natural community types or native ecosystem types in a natural condition and range of variation and contributing to the protection of Maine's biological diversity and managed:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 1801Eligible renewable resource: means a renewable capacity resource as defined in section 3210, subsection 2, paragraph B?3. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3602 Emergency: means a situation in which property or human or animal life is in jeopardy and the prompt summoning of aid is essential. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 7102 Energy storage system: means a commercially available technology that uses mechanical, chemical or thermal processes for absorbing energy and storing it for a period of time for use at a later time. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481 Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs. Environmental permitting entity: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3491Environmental permitting entity: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3498Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met. Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other. Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office. Expedited permitting area: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451Expedited wind energy development: means a grid-scale wind energy development or a port facility necessary to the proper operation and maintenance of an offshore wind power project as defined in section 3401?A, subsection 15 that is proposed for location within an expedited permitting area. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451 Exploration: means an examination of an area for the purpose of discovering the presence of minerals with techniques which include all of the manual, mechanical, electronic or chemical methods of determining the presence, size and quality of a mineral deposit. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 549-A Explosives: means explosive materials which are used to explore, develop or mine a mineral deposit. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 549-A Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller. Federally supported dark fiber: means one or more strands within a bundle of fiber-optic cable through which an associated light signal or light communication transmission must be provided to provide communications service, but excluding the electronic equipment required in order to render the fiber capable of transmitting communications, the construction of which is financed in whole or in part with funds provided by a grant awarded before January 1, 2010 by the United States Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration pursuant to the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5, 123 Stat. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102 Ferry: includes every person, its lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court owning, controlling, operating or managing any vessel and which is subject to commission's jurisdiction under chapter 51. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102 Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator. 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. Fishing community: means a municipality where marine organisms, as defined in Title 12, section 6001, subsection 26, are landed or processed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3401-A Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC Foster parent: means a person whose home is licensed by the department as a family foster home as defined in section 8101, subsection 3 and with whom the child lives pursuant to a court order or agreement with the department. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002 Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another. Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor Gas marketer: means an entity that sells natural gas to retail consumers in the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102 Gas utility: includes every person, that person's lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court owning, controlling, operating or managing any gas plant for compensation within this State, except when gas is made or produced on and distributed by the maker or producer through private property alone solely for its own tenants and not for sale to others, or when the gas is sold solely for use in vehicles fueled by natural gas or to a liquid gas system that serves fewer than 10 customers as long as no portion of the liquid gas system is located in a public place or that serves a single customer if the liquid gas system is located entirely on the customer's premises. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102 Generating facilities: means wind turbines and towers and transmission lines, not including generator lead lines, that are immediately associated with the wind turbines. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451 Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value. Governing body: means the governing body of a consumer-owned water utility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 6101 Grade: means one of the officially established grades for an agricultural commodity as defined by the commissioner. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 423 Grandparent: means the parent of a child's parent. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002 Grantee: means the person to whom a freehold estate or interest in land is conveyed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Grid-scale wind energy development: means a wind energy development that is of a size that would qualify as a development of state or regional significance that may substantially affect the environment as defined under Title 38, section 482, subsection 2, paragraph A or paragraph C. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451 Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs. Handler: means any person, except a common carrier, exempt carrier or contract carrier of agricultural commodities, who is engaged in packing, grading, selling, offering for sale or marketing any agricultural commodities, who as owner, agent or otherwise ships or causes to be shipped an agricultural commodity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 423 Hard-of-hearing person: means a person who has a hearing loss in the range of mild to profound, who uses residual hearing and who prefers to speak and listen with the help of amplification, implantable devices, assistive technology and speechreading. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 8702 Hearsay: Statements by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else. Hearsay is usually not admissible as evidence in court. Hiring hall: means a service provided by a labor organization or an entity associated with a labor organization that places employees with an employer under a collective bargaining agreement or otherwise places employees with employers. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3401-A Historic site: means any area of land owned, leased or otherwise controlled by the State, with or without buildings, improvements or other structures, that has been classified by the director for public use wholly or primarily because of its historical, archaeological or scientific interest or value. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 1801 Host community: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451in writing: include printing and other modes of making legible words. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Inclusive bidding standards: means a set of guidelines to ensure comprehensive engagement and involvement of the construction industry, including requirements that:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3401-AIncumbent local exchange carrier: means , with respect to an area, the local exchange carrier that on February 8, 1996 provided telephone exchange service in the area and:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies. Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury. Inter vivos: Transfer of property from one living person to another living person. Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC Interexchange carrier: means any person, association, corporation or other entity that provides intrastate interexchange telecommunications services, including a local exchange carrier that provides interexchange service. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102 jeopardy: means serious abuse or neglect, as evidenced by:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases. Kilowatt: means 1,000 watts, measured in alternating current. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481 lands: includes lands and all tenements and hereditaments connected therewith, and all rights thereto and interests therein. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity. Licensed mental health professional: means a psychiatrist, licensed psychologist, licensed clinical social worker or certified social worker. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002 Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt. Line-item charge: means a discrete charge identified separately on a customer's telephone bill. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 7102 Local exchange carrier: means any person that is engaged in the provision of telephone exchange service or exchange access. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102 Locally owned electricity generating facility: means an electricity generating facility at least 51% of which is owned by one or more qualifying local owners. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3602 Machinery: means equipment or machinery, exclusive of vehicles, which is used to explore, develop or mine a mineral deposit. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 549-A Maine emerging industry compensation threshold: means an employment total compensation package that includes wages, health and welfare benefits, retirement benefits and any additional employer-paid benefits that have a monetary value equal to or greater than that established and in effect as a result of a mutual agreement between a labor organization whose local jurisdiction includes the county in the State where the work related to an offshore wind power project is being or is to be performed, based on data submitted by that labor organization to the Department of Labor, and the related and applicable contractors that are signatories to that mutual agreement. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3401-A Majority: when used in reference to age shall mean the age of 18 and over. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Market agreement: means an agreement with the commissioner entered into pursuant to this subchapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 423 Market order: means an order issued by the commissioner pursuant to this subchapter, prescribing rules governing the marketing, distribution, sale or handling, in any manner of any agricultural commodity during any specified period. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 423 Megawatt: means 1,000,000 watts, measured in alternating current. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481 Minerals: means all naturally occurring mineral deposits, including hydrocarbons and peat, but excluding sand, gravel and water. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 549-A Mining: means all of the extractive and beneficiative processes necessary to remove and prepare a mineral deposit for market. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 549-A Mobile telecommunications services: means telecommunications services licensed by the Federal Communications Commission for mobile use. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102 Month: means a calendar month. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Moratorium: means a temporary land use regulation or ordinance approved by the commission or a municipal legislative body which prevents development or subdivision by withholding authorization or approval necessary for development. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 682 Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan. municipal authority: means the rights, privileges, powers and immunities of a municipality that are specified in legislation specifically authorizing the exercise of those government powers and that are equivalent to the rights, privileges, powers and immunities possessed by the Penobscot Nation and the Passamaquoddy Tribe with respect to expedited wind energy development within their respective Indian territories pursuant to Title 30, section 6206. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451 Municipal officers: means the mayor and municipal officers or councilors of a city, the members of the select board or councilors of a town and the assessors of a plantation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Municipal solid waste: means solid waste emanating from domestic and commercial sources within the State over which municipalities are authorized to exercise control. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3303 Municipal solid waste energy recovery facility: means a small power producer that depends upon municipal solid waste for at least 50% of its energy. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3303 Nameplate capacity: means the installed or rated capacity of a power generator. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481 National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. Source: OCC Natural gas pipeline utility: includes every person, its lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court owning or operating for compensation within this State any pipeline, including pumping stations, storage depots and other facilities, for the transportation, distribution or sale of natural gas, or any person or corporation which has applied to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a certificate of public convenience and necessity or to the Public Utilities Commission for a certificate of authorization to operate a natural gas pipeline within the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102 Net generating capacity: means the output of a generating facility delivered to the transmission and distribution utility system. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3602 Net generating capacity: means the electric output of an electricity generating facility delivered to the transmission and distribution utility system. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3622 New microgrid: means a group of interconnected loads and distributed energy resources within clearly defined electrical boundaries that acts as a single controllable entity with respect to the electric grid and can connect and disconnect from the electric grid to enable the new microgrid to operate in both electric grid-connected mode and nongrid-connected mode, referred to in this chapter as "island mode" and that is constructed after October 1, 2020. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3351 Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose. Nonreserved public lands: means all public domain lands, public islands in inland and coastal waters, lands acquired under section 8003, subsection 3, paragraph N, lands acquired by the bureau pursuant to other lawful authority and any other lands the management and control of which are not otherwise provided for by law. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 1801 Oath: A promise to tell the truth. Oath: includes an affirmation, when affirmation is allowed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period. Offer: means a proposal to install and operate a distributed generation resource of a specified capacity in exchange for a contract with a standard buyer designated pursuant to section 3483. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481 Office: means the Governor's Energy Office established in Title 2, section 9. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3401-A Ore: means any mineral or an aggregate of minerals which can be extracted from the earth economically. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 549-A Outlays: Outlays are payments made (generally through the issuance of checks or disbursement of cash) to liquidate obligations. Outlays during a fiscal year may be for payment of obligations incurred in prior years or in the same year. Output: means energy, capacity, renewable energy certificates and all other environmental attributes and market products that are available or may become available from a distributed generation resource. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481 Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program. Owner: means a person who owns title to land where a cave is located. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 544-J Parent: means a natural or adoptive parent or a parent established under Title 19?A, chapter 61, unless parental rights have been terminated. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002 Park: means any area of land or an interest in land, with or without improvements, that is acquired by or under the control of the State, managed primarily for public recreation or conservation purposes and classified by the director as a park, including:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 1801Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses. Party line: means a subscribers' line telephone circuit, consisting of 2 or more main telephone stations connected with the circuit, each station with a distinctive ring and telephone number. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 7102 Person: includes a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, association, trust, estate, any other legal entity or natural person. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102 Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, legal representative or any organized group or business unit. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 423 Person: means individuals, partnerships, corporations and other entities. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 549-A Person: means an individual, corporation, facility, institution or agency, public or private. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002 Person responsible for the child: includes the child's custodian. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002 Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit. Planned subdistrict: means a delineated area for which a specific land use plan and standards have been agreed to by the owner of the land within the delineated area and approved by the commission. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 682 Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court. Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer. Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC Preadoptive parent: means a person who has entered into a preadoption agreement with the department with respect to the child. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002 Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way. Preliminary hearing: A hearing where the judge decides whether there is enough evidence to make the defendant have a trial. price cap ILEC: means an incumbent local exchange carrier that agreed to accept Connect America Fund Phase II support pursuant to the Federal Communications Commission's Report and Order released on December 18, 2014, in In the Matter of Connect America Fund, WC Docket No. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 7102 Primary siting authority: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law. Probate: Proving a will Processor: means any person, other than a consumer, who purchases or contracts to purchase an agricultural commodity primarily for manufacture into food or other products by operations which change the physical form which that agricultural commodity possessed when produced. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 423 Producer: means any person engaged within this State in the business of producing, or causing to be produced, for any market, any agricultural commodity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 423 Program participant: means a community-based renewable energy project that is participating in the community-based renewable energy pilot program established in section 3603. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3602 Program participant: means a combined heat and power project that is participating in the combined heat and power program established in section 3623. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3622 Project: means real property, personal property, equipment, fixtures, materials, wires, cables, labor and other improvements necessary and proper for the provision of advanced communications technology infrastructure. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 9402 Project sponsor: means an entity or its successor or assignee that owns or operates:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government. Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide. Public reserved lands: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 1801Public switched telephone network: means the network of equipment, lines and controls assembled to establish communication paths between calling and called parties in North America. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102 Public telephone: means a telephone made available for voice message use by members of the transient or general public for compensation, including pay telephones and any telephones provided for the use of lodgers in or patrons of hotels, motels, hospitals, medical and convalescent care facilities, academic institutions, transportation terminals, government offices, public buildings, restaurants or other places of public accommodation or prisons and other confinement facilities. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 7102 Public utility: includes every gas utility, natural gas pipeline utility, transmission and distribution utility, telephone utility, water utility and ferry, as those terms are defined in this section, and each of those utilities is declared to be a public utility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102 Qualified bid: means a bid to supply the output from a distributed generation resource that the commission determines meets the minimum qualification requirements established by rule. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481 Qualified residential treatment program: means a program within a licensed children's residential care facility as defined in section 8101, subsection 4 that provides continuous 24-hour care and supportive services to children in a residential nonfamily home setting that:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002Qualifying Band Trust Land: means Band Trust Land, as defined in the federal Aroostook Band of Micmacs Settlement Act, Public Law 102-171, 105 Stat. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451 Qualifying facility: means any small power producer or cogenerator as defined in this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3303 Qualifying local owner: means a person or entity that is:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3602Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business. Radio paging service: is a service provided by a communication common carrier engaged in rendering signaling communication. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102 Rate: means a price per kilowatt?hour of delivered energy as measured by a revenue grade meter, as defined by the commission by rule, at a distributed generation resource's point of connection to the electric grid. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481 Real estate: means land and structures attached to it. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 682 Real estate: includes lands and all tenements and hereditaments connected therewith, and all rights thereto and interests therein. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land. Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business. Regional water council: means a nonprofit corporation established for the benefit of 2 or more water-related entities pursuant to this chapter, where at least one of the organizing members is a water utility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 6801 Registered apprenticeship: means an apprenticeship program registered with the Maine Apprenticeship Program in accordance with Title 26, chapter 37. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Registered apprenticeship program: means a plan approved by the Department of Labor or the United States Department of Labor containing all terms and conditions for the qualification, recruitment, selection, employment and training of apprentices, including, but not limited to, the requirement for an apprenticeship agreement, a schedule of work experience outlining the skills to be learned on the job, a schedule of related instruction courses necessary to supplement on-the-job learning and a schedule of progressively increasing wages to be paid to an apprentice consistent with the skill proficiencies achieved and leading toward a journeyman wage rate. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3401-A registered mail: when used in connection with any requirement for notice by mail shall mean either registered mail or certified mail. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Relative: includes , for an Indian child as defined by the federal Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, 25 United States Code § 1903, Subsection 4, or by the Maine Indian Child Welfare Act, section 3943, subsection 8, an extended family member as defined by the law or custom of the Indian child's tribe or, in the absence of such law or custom, an extended family member as defined by the federal Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, 25 United States Code § 1903, Subsection 2 or the Maine Indian Child Welfare Act, section 3943, subsection 5. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002 Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant. Removal of the child from home: means that the department or a court has taken a child out of the home of the parent, legal guardian or custodian without the permission of the parent or legal guardian. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002 Renewable resources: means resources that are capable of being reproduced, replenished or restored following the use of these resources and resources that are inexhaustible. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3303 Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation. Resource family: means a person or persons who provide care to a child in the child welfare system and who are foster parents, permanency guardians, adoptive parents or members of the child's extended birth family. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002 Responsible entity: means the person undertaking to develop an offshore wind power project. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3401-A Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action. Royalty: means the amount paid to the State for the right to remove minerals from state land, including minimum and preproduction payments. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 549-A Scenic resource of state or national significance: means an area or place owned by the public or to which the public has a legal right of access that is:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451Sequential observation: means a view of more than one group of generating facilities located within the viewshed of a scenic resource of state or national significance as the viewer travels along the portion of a linear route that is located within the viewshed of a scenic resource of state or national significance. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451 Serious harm: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002Service line: means the pipeline, including the meter and other appurtenances, extending from a water main to the building or other premises served. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 6101 Setback: means the minimum horizontal distance from a lot line, shoreline or road to the nearest part of a structure. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 682 Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims. Shared distributed generation resource: means a distributed generation resource that is selected in a procurement under section 3486 the beneficial use of the output of which is owned by or allocated to subscribers. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481 Shoreline: means the normal high water mark of tidal waters, a coastal or inland wetland, a standing body of water or flowing water. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 682 Small business: means a business employing 100 or fewer employees. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3401-A Small power producer: means a municipality or person owning or operating a power production facility with a power production capacity that, together with any other facilities located at the same site, does not exceed 80 megawatts of electricity and that depends upon renewable resources for its primary source of energy. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3303 Spaghetti-lot: means a parcel of land with a lot depth to shore frontage ratio greater than 5 to 1. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 682 Specified place: means the entirety or a portion of a township, plantation or municipality in the unorganized and deorganized areas, or a combination thereof. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451 Speech impaired person: means a person whose speech is nonfunctional or diminished for the purpose of ordinary communication. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 8702 Speechreading: means a technique of understanding speech by visually interpreting the movements of the lips, face and tongue with information provided by the context, language and any residual hearing. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 8702 Standard district: means a water district that is a quasi-municipal corporation constituted for the purpose of supplying persons of the standard district with potable water for domestic, sanitary, commercial, industrial, agricultural and municipal purposes, and that is formed and chartered pursuant to this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 6402 State lands: means all lands owned or held in trust by the State or in which the State holds an interest, including inland and tidal submerged lands and waters. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 549-A State paper: means the newspaper designated by the Legislature, in which advertisements and notices are required to be published. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Statute: A law passed by a legislature. Structure: means anything constructed or erected with a fixed location on or in the ground, or attached to something having a fixed location on or in the ground, including, but not limited to, buildings, mobile homes, retaining walls, billboards, signs, piers and floats. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 682 subdivision: means a division of an existing parcel of land into 3 or more parcels or lots within any 5-year period, whether this division is accomplished by platting of the land for immediate or future sale, by sale of the land or by leasing. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 682 Submerged lands: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 1801Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony. Subscriber: means a retail customer of a transmission and distribution utility that owns or has the right to a subscription and that has identified an account to which the subscription is attributed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481 Subscription: means a proportional interest in a shared distributed generation resource. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481 Successive observation: means views from a scenic resource of state or national significance of more than one group of generating facilities located within the viewshed of a scenic resource of state or national significance from a single viewpoint as a result of a viewer turning the viewer's head or body. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451 Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system. Suspicious child death: means the death of a child under circumstances in which there is reasonable cause to suspect that abuse or neglect was a cause of or factor contributing to the child's death. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002 Tangible benefits: means environmental or economic improvements or benefits to residents of this State attributable to the construction, operation and maintenance of an expedited wind energy development, including but not limited to: property tax payments resulting from the development; other payments to a host community, including, but not limited to, payments under a community benefit agreement; construction-related employment; local purchase of materials; employment in operations and maintenance; reduced property taxes; reduced electrical rates; land or natural resource conservation; performance of construction, operations and maintenance activities by trained, qualified and licensed workers in accordance with Title 32, chapter 17 and other applicable laws; or other comparable benefits, with particular attention to assurance of such benefits to the host community or communities to the extent practicable and affected neighboring communities. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451 TDD: means a teletypewriter, or TTY, or other telecommunication equipment used by deaf, hard-of-hearing or speech impaired persons to conduct telephone communications, including but not limited to devices required for captioned telephone service, equipment necessary to perform video relay service and 2-way paging devices. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 8702 Telecommunications relay service: means a service transmitting messages and information between a person using a telecommunications device for the deaf and another person. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 8702 Telephone utility: includes every person, its lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court, that provides telephone service for compensation inside this State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102 Testify: Answer questions in court. Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries. Town: includes cities and plantations, unless otherwise expressed or implied. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition. Transfer of ownership: means a change in the legal entity that owns or operates a solar energy development. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3491 Transfer of ownership: means a change in the legal entity that owns or operates a battery storage system development. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3498 Transient occupancy: means occupancy that does not exceed 120 days in a calendar year. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 682 Transmission and distribution utility: means a person, its lessees, trustees or receivers or trustees appointed by a court, owning, controlling, operating or managing a transmission and distribution plant for compensation within the State, except where the electricity is distributed by the entity that generates the electricity through private property alone solely for the use of:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence. Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust. United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Unorganized and deorganized areas: includes :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 682Unserved or underserved area: means an area that the authority pursuant to section 9204?A, subsection 1 determines to meet criteria established by the authority by rule adopted pursuant to section 9205, subsection 3. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 9202 Value: means fair market value as of the date of the attachment or, in a proceeding under the United States Code, Title 11, the date of the filing of the petition. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 14 Sec. 4421 Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried. Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge. Vessel: includes every boat which is owned, controlled, operated or managed for public use in the transportation of persons or property for compensation within this State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102 Viewshed of a scenic resource of state or national significance: means the geographic area as viewed from a scenic resource of state or national significance that includes the proposed wind energy development. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451 Voice service provider: means any person providing, directly or indirectly, 2-way voice communications service for compensation in this State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102 Water district: means any district, including any multipurpose district, created by the private and special laws of the State to perform the functions of a water utility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 6101 Water main extension: means an extension of the pipeline, including associated appurtenances, from an existing water main to serve a previously unserved location or a location served by a seasonal main. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 6101 Water utility: includes every person, its lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court, owning, controlling, operating or managing any water works for compensation within this State, including any aqueduct organized under former Title 35, chapter 261 and any of its predecessors. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102 Water works: includes all reservoirs, tunnels, shafts, dams, dikes, head gates, pipes, flumes, canals, structures and appliances, and all real estate, fixtures and personal property, owned, controlled, operated or managed in connection with or to facilitate the diversion, development, storage, supply, distribution, sale, furnishing, carriage, apportionment or measurement of water for municipal and domestic use. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102 Water-related entity: means a water utility or a municipal or quasi-municipal entity owning, controlling, operating or managing sewer, sanitary or storm water works. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 6801 Wind energy development: means a development that uses a windmill or wind turbine to convert wind energy to electrical energy for sale or use by a person other than the generator. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451 Wood fuel: means biomass derived from:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3622Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act. Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72