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Section 1Definitions
Section 2Agreement provisions authorized
Section 3Additional powers of member domestic electric utilities
Section 4Additional powers of member foreign electric utilities
Section 5Acquisition or ownership of interests in electric power facilities; tenancy in common; surrender or waiver of right of partition; validity and enforceability
Section 6Contracts; term; effect of termination of pool or agreement; exclusion from municipal debt for borrowing purposes
Section 7Assessment and taxation of foreign electric utilities
Section 8Taxation of municipal electric departments owning interests in electric power facilities; definitions; exemptions; payments in lieu of taxes; application of other laws
Section 9Application of other laws to pool members; rate base factors
Section 10Foreign electric utilities; ownership or operation of electric power facilities in commonwealth; notice, annual report and information to department; financing; application of laws
Section 11Revenue bonds for project costs; interim receipts or temporary bonds; issuance; agreement for consolidation of indebtedness by participating municipalities authorized
Section 12Borrowing in anticipation of bonds; temporary notes; issuance by city or town
Section 13Resolutions or trust agreements securing bonds or notes; provisions; limitations; deposit, investment and application of proceeds; pledges
Section 14Proceeds of bonds or notes issued and moneys governed by trust agreement or resolution; deposit or investment
Section 15Bonds and notes issued; payment; liability of city or town limited; exclusion from municipal debt for borrowing purposes
Section 16Receipts of city or town under this chapter to be held and applied in trust
Section 17Actions and proceedings upon bonds and notes
Section 18Bonds and notes issued as legal investments
Section 19Bonds and notes deemed investment securities
Section 20Bonds and notes issued; transfer, income or profit; tax exemption
Section 21Refunding bonds; issuance authorized; restrictions
Section 22Bonds and notes; issuance authorized
Section 23Zoning regulations; exemption of facilities used by electric utilities
Section 24Transmission lines of electric utilities; petition for authority to construct, use or take rights of way by eminent domain authorized
Section 25Ownership or control of domestic electric utilities by foreign corporations; applicability of corporation law
Section 26Municipal electric departments; application of chapter
Section 27Construction of chapter