Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 0655
Committee Amendment CA_A_H180 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Act To Revise the Charter ,,/I, to H.P. 485, L.D. 655, Bill, 
of the Brunswick Sewer District" 
"An 
Amend the bill by inserting after the enacting clause and 
before section 1 the following: 
'PART A' 
Further amend the bill in section 1 in that part designated 
"Sec. 2." in the 6th line (page 1, line 11 in L.D.) by inserting 
after the following: 
"nonfederal" the following: 
'governmental 
or quasi-governmental' 
Further amend the bill by inserting after section 1 
the 
following: 
'Sec. 2. P&SL 1947, c. 77, §24, sub-§5, as enacted by P&SL 1981, 
c. 103, is amended to read: 
5. 
Consultation. 
Prior to authorizing any sewer extension, 
except by specific state or federal mandate, the trustees shall 
notify the town council and consult with the planning board in 
order to assure conformity with their comprehensive plans and 
other public policies relating to growth and development. 
The 
trustees shall publish a notice of the proposed action in a 
newspaper with general circulation in the district, no less than 
days prior to the meeting at which they will take final action 
on the authorization of the extension. 
Nothing in this section exempts the district from complying with 
the requirements of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 38, section 
1252, subsection 7._ 
Page l-LR0527(2) 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "fI' to H.P. 485, L.D. 655 
PARTB' 
Further amend the bill in section 2 in that part designated 
"Sec. 11." by striking out all of subsection 5 (page 2, lines 37 
to 48 in L.D.) 
Further amend the bill by inserting after section 2 the 
following: 
'PARTC 
Sec. C-l. Referendum; effective date. 
This Act takes effect 90 
days after the adjournment of the First Regular Session of the 
121st Legislature, except that Part B of this Act takes effect 
only for the purpose of permitting its submission to the legal 
voters within the 
Brunswick 
Sewer District at 
a 
special or 
regular town meeting or election held prior to January 1, 2005. 
The election must be called, advertised and conducted according 
to the law relating to municipal elections, 
except that the 
registrar of voters is not required to prepare or the clerk to 
post a new list of voters. 
The registrar of voters must be in 
session on the secular day next preceding the election. 
The 
clerk shall prepare the required ballots, on which the clerk 
shall reduce the subject matter of Part B of this Act to the 
following question: 
"Do you favor extending the boundary of the Brunswick Sewer 
District to include the growth area designated on the Town 
of Brunswick's zoning map, and any subsequent expansions of 
that growth area, and allowing the boundary to be further 
extended by action of the Town Council when a threat to 
public health, safety or welfare is determined to exist and 
a sewer extension is determined to be the most appropriate 
solution?" 
The voters shall indicate by a cross or check mark placed 
against the words "Yes" or "No" their opinion on the question. 
The 
results 
must 
be 
declared 
by 
the 
trustees 
of 
the 
Brunswick Sewer District and due certificate of the results filed 
by the clerk with the Secretary of State. 
Part 
acceptance 
election. ' 
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of 
by 
a 
this 
Act 
majority 
takes 
of the 
effect 
legal 
immediately 
upon 
voters voting at 
Further amend the bill by relettering or renumbering 
nonconsecutive 
consecutively. 
Part 
letter 
or 
section 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,.j.} .. to H.P. 485, L.D. 655 
SUMMARY 
This amendment clarifies certain language of the bill and 
removes a provision redundant of requirements imposed under state 
law. 
It· also adds a referendum clause relating to that portion 
of the bill that expands the territory of the Brunswick Sewer 
District. 
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