Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 6701

  • 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
  • Commission: means the Public Utilities Commission. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
  • 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
The owner of property which is subject to appropriation for public purposes by a water utility, upon hearing, may have the commission determine the necessity of the appropriation. [PL 1987, c. 490, Pt. B, §17 (RPR).]
SECTION HISTORY

PL 1987, c. 141, §A6 (NEW). PL 1987, c. 490, §B17 (RPR).