{"data":{"id":"us-me/30-a-m.r.s.-5728","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"30-A M.R.S. §5728","heading":"General duties and operations","body":"A municipality may raise or appropriate money to:\n1.  Duties.  Perform any of the duties required of it by law; and\n2.  Authorized by law.  Provide for any operations authorized by law which, by their nature, require the expenditure of money.","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-Asec5728.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:36Z","sha256":"15385c82acaa4e066ce0135c3e66d437ff937db87bb88ee28dcf85b99c2193b0","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/30-a-m.r.s.-5727","next":"us-me/30-a-m.r.s.-5729"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}