{"data":{"id":"us-me/30-a-m.r.s.-5726","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"30-A M.R.S. §5726","heading":"Development","body":"A municipality may raise or appropriate money to:\n1.  Board of trade.  Support and guarantee obligations of a chamber of commerce or board of trade or a local development corporation, or a chamber of commerce and a local development corporation, or a board of trade and a local development corporation;\n2.  Advertising.  Advertise its resources and attractions or those of the State;\n3.  Real estate.  Purchase real estate and personal property from the Federal Government for municipal purposes;\n4.  Athletic facilities and recreation.  Provide real estate and personal property for recreational purposes and supporting a recreational program or for building, maintaining and operating an athletic facility;\n5.  Fish.  Propagate and protect fish in public waters located wholly or partially within its boundaries.\nA.  The money appropriated shall be spent by the municipal officers or a person appointed by them; and\nB.  The person authorized to spend the money shall submit a written report of the expenditure to the municipal legislative body within one year of the date of appropriation;\n6.  Historical society.  Assist a local historical society;\n7.  History.  Write and publish its history;\n8.  Conventions.  Assist conventions;\n9.  Lands.  Provide for and acquire open areas, including marshlands, swamps or wetlands;\n10.  Mass bus transportation.  Aid private companies or public agencies furnishing mass bus transportation services within the municipality;\n11.  Relocation assistance.  Provide funds for relocation assistance services and payments to individuals, families and businesses displaced as a result of the acquisition of real property for a public purpose;\n12.  District Court.  Construct, equip and furnish a district courthouse within the municipality.  The municipality may negotiate a lease with the Chief Judge of the District Court for the use of such a courthouse;\n13.  Elderly housing.  Provide municipally owned rental housing for the elderly;\n14.  Affordable housing.  Facilitate affordable housing; and\n15.  Job creation and retention.  Establish revolving loan fund programs to assist in job creation and retention for local for-profit and nonprofit enterprises if approved by a municipal referendum election pursuant to sections 2528, 2529 and 2532, even if the municipality or plantation has not accepted the provisions of section 2528.","path":["TITLE 30-A: MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES","PART 2: MUNICIPALITIES","CHAPTER 223: MUNICIPAL FINANCES","SUBCHAPTER 4: EXPENDITURES"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/30-A/title30-Asec5726.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:36Z","sha256":"31d318f32a7eb1a382d30cf244d7057b12b53e392da97bc370bd93c715f75ffc","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/30-a-m.r.s.-5725","next":"us-me/30-a-m.r.s.-5727"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}