Title 30-A

Before April 1st of each year, the directors shall issue their warrant in the same form as the warrant of the Treasurer of State for taxes, with proper changes, to the assessors of the municipalities comprising the district. The warrant shall require the municipalities to assess …

A municipality may withdraw from the district at the end of a fiscal year provided that it has given the board of directors at least one year's written notice of its intention to do so. The municipality must pay its proportionate share of the current indebtedness of the district …

At such time as a district has discharged all of its obligations and paid or provided for the payment of all of its bonded indebtedness, the board of directors may, by 2/3 vote of its membership, dissolve the district and dispose of all of its property, real and personal, in the …

1. Posting of signs. A transit district shall post signs in conspicuous places in all transit district facilities accessible to the public, including a building, terminal, kiosk, shelter or passenger rail, ferry, bus, bicycle or pedestrian facility, informing the public of the pe…

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 1997, c. 698, §2 (NEW).] 1. District. "District," "emergency medical services district" or "fire district" means a district created by vote of a group of municipa…

1. Formation. By vote of its legislative body, any municipality, in cooperation with one or more other municipalities, may form a district for the purposes provided in this chapter. 2. General powers; area of service. The district formed under subsection 1 is a quasi-municipal co…

1. Directors; officers. The affairs of a district formed under section 3532 are managed by a board of directors chosen from the inhabitants of the municipalities comprising the district. The municipal officers of each municipality shall select the directors to represent the munic…

A director, officer or employee of the district may not have a direct or an indirect interest in any contract entered into by or in behalf of a district for work or material, or for the purchase of material, or in any property acquired or to be acquired by the district. A contrac…

After its organization, the district shall file a certificate with the Secretary of State in accordance with Title 13, section 903. The certificate must set forth the following information: [PL 1997, c. 698, §2 (NEW).] 1. Name. Name of the district; 2. Purposes. Purposes of the d…

The directors of a district may exercise all powers necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

1. Estimate of expenditures and revenues. At least 2 months before the beginning of the district's fiscal year, the board of directors shall prepare and submit to the municipal officers of the municipalities comprising the district an itemized estimate of expenditures and revenue…

1. Warrant. The directors shall issue their warrant in the same form as the warrant of the Treasurer of State for taxes, with proper changes, to the assessors of the municipalities comprising the district. The warrant must require the municipalities to assess the sum allocated to…

1. Addition to territory. After initial formation of a district, a municipality may join the district upon vote of the municipality's legislative body and upon a 2/3 vote of the board of directors. The board of directors shall determine the terms and conditions to be met by the j…

At such time as a district has discharged all of its obligations and paid or provided for the payment of all of its bonded indebtedness, the board of directors, by 2/3 vote of its membership, may dissolve the district and dispose of all of its property, real and personal, in the …

1. Lease authorized; proceeds. Except as provided in paragraph A, any municipality may lease at one time or from time to time for a term or terms not to exceed 99 years, upon any terms and conditions that the municipal officers consider advisable, air rights over public streets a…

The construction or occupancy of any structure erected or affixed under any lease under this chapter is subject to the building, fire, garage, health and zoning ordinances, bylaws and regulations applicable in the municipality. Any structure erected over or affixed to any public …

1. Structures taxed. Any structure erected or affixed under any lease granted under this chapter shall be taxed to the lessee or the assigns in the same manner and to the same extent as if the lessee or the assigns were the owners of the land in fee, except that no part of the va…

Each lease made under this chapter must require that the lessee file with the municipality a statement under oath containing the names and addresses of the officers and directors, in the case of a corporation, and, in the case of a partnership or other voluntary association, the …

Municipalities shall not execute any leases which would: [PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. C, §106 (NEW); PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, §§8, 10 (AMD).] 1. Impair use of highway. Impair the use and safety of any highway…

The municipal officers are the licensing authority of a municipality, unless otherwise provided by charter, ordinance or law.

Unless otherwise provided by law, any fee established by a municipality for any license or permit under this subpart must reasonably reflect the municipality's costs associated with the license or permit procedure and enforcement.

The municipal officers may not require a licensee or permittee to publicly display the licensee's or permittee's license or permit on the premises to which that license or permit applies. The municipal officers may require a licensee or permittee to make available for inspection …

Junkyards and so-called "auto graveyards" have been steadily expanding and frequently encroach upon highways. These junkyards and graveyards have become a nuisance and a menace to safe travel on public ways, often distracting the attention of drivers of motor vehicles because it …

As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. C, §106 (NEW); PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, §§8, 10 (AMD).] 1. Aut…

A person may not establish, operate or maintain an automobile graveyard, automobile recycling business or junkyard without first obtaining a nontransferable permit from the municipal officers of the municipality in which the automobile graveyard, automobile recycling business or …

Municipal officers or county commissioners, as provided for in section 3753, shall hold a public hearing before granting a permit to establish a new automobile graveyard, automobile recycling business or junkyard and may hold public hearings annually regarding the relicensing of …

1. Highways; Interstate System and Primary System. A permit may not be granted for an automobile graveyard or junkyard within 1,000 feet of the right-of-way of any highway incorporated in both the Interstate System and Primary System or within 600 feet of the right-of-way of any …

1. Application. An application for an automobile recycling business permit must include the following information: A. The name and address of the property owner; [PL 1993, c. 173, §6 (NEW).] B. The name and address of the person or entity who will operate the site; and [PL 1993, …

The municipal officers or county commissioners shall collect, in advance from the applicant for a permit, a fee in accordance with the following schedule: [PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. C, §106 (NEW); PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD); PL 1989,…

This subchapter shall not be construed as in any way repealing, invalidating or abrogating Title 17, section 2802, or limiting the right of prosecutions under that section. Violation of this subchapter in the establishment, maintenance or operation of any automobile graveyard or …

1. Enforcement. All state, county and local law enforcement officers shall enforce the provisions of this subchapter. 2. Municipal authority. Municipal officers or their designees may enforce the provisions of this subchapter pursuant to: A. The enforcement of land use laws and o…

1. Acquisition of land. If the Department of Transportation determines that the topography of the land adjacent to any portion of a highway incorporated in the Interstate or Primary Systems does not permit adequate screening under section 3754‑A, subsection 1 or that adequate scr…

As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 2007, c. 549, §1 (NEW).] 1. Beverage container. "Beverage container" means a can, bottle, jar or other container made of aluminum or metal that is sealed by a …

1. Maintenance of records requirement. Except as provided in subsection 2, a scrap metal processor doing business in the State shall maintain an accurate and legible record of each scrap metal purchase transaction. 1-A. Form and method of payment. A scrap metal processor shall pr…

The records required under section 3772, subsection 3 must be: [PL 2007, c. 549, §1 (NEW).] 1. Retain for one year. Retained for a period of one year; and 2. Availability. Made available to any law enforcement office of the State or of any municipality or county.

This subchapter does not apply to transactions involving only beverage containers.

A scrap metal processor may not engage in the sale, purchase or acquisition of motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts unless that person is a recycler under Title 29‑A, chapter 9, subchapter 6. A seller may not sell and a scrap metal processor may not purchase the following scrap …

1. Seven-day hold. If a law enforcement officer has a reasonable suspicion that scrap metal being held by a scrap metal processor is stolen or related to criminal activity, the officer may issue a written order to the scrap metal processor, specifying the scrap metal that must be…

1. Prohibition. A scrap metal processor may not purchase scrap metal from a minor unless: A. The minor is accompanied by the minor's parent or guardian; and [PL 2007, c. 549, §1 (NEW).] B. The parent or guardian provides a written statement to the scrap metal processor that the t…

1. Violation. A person may not violate this subchapter. 2. Penalties. In addition to any other penalties provided by law, the following penalties apply to violations of this subchapter: A. A person who violates this subchapter commits a civil violation for which a fine of $1,000 …

A retail establishment located in a municipality that has adopted a licensing ordinance pursuant to this section may not offer for sale a stock of goods, wares or merchandise under the designation of "closing-out sale," "going out of business sale," "discontinuance of business sa…

After the termination date of the sale and any extension granted under section 3781, subsection 1, paragraph B, the person to whom the license was granted may not continue the business under the same or a different name, at the same location or elsewhere in the same municipality,…

This subchapter does not apply to: [PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. C, §106 (NEW); PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, §§8, 10 (AMD).] 1. Public auctions. Liquidation sales by public auction of not more than 3 days duration…

Notwithstanding Title 17-A, section 4-A, any licensee under section 3781, who fails to comply with that section, or any person who conducts such a disposal sale without first having obtained a license, is guilty of a Class E crime and shall be punished by a fine of not more than …

As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. C, §106 (NEW); PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, §§8, 10 (AMD).] 1. Inn…

1. Maximum rate schedule. Every keeper of a hotel, inn, boardinghouse or lodging house shall post in every bedroom: A. A schedule of the maximum daily rates for that room for occupancy by one or more persons; and [PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. C, §106 (NE…