An Act To Create the Starboard Water District (AFfER DEADLINE)
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1935
Committee: Utilities and Energy
Sponsors: SHOREY, BUNKER, HALL, GOODWIN, PELLON

12lst MAINE LEGISLATURE 
Legislative Document 
No. 1935 
S.P.770 
In Senate, March 18,2004 
An Act To Create the Starboard Water District 
(AFfER DEADLINE) 
(EMERGENCY) 
Approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule 
205. 
Reference to the Committee on Utilities and Energy suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Senator SHOREY of Washington. 
Cosponsored by Representative BUNKER of Kossuth Township and 
JOY J. O'BRIEN 
Secretary of the Senate 
Senator: HALL of Lincoln, Representatives: GOODWIN of Pembroke, PELLON of Machias. 
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Emergency preamble. Whereas, Acts of the Legislature do not 
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted 
as emergencies; and 
Whereas, 
water 
in 
the 
Town 
of 
Machiasport 
has 
contaminated from a former radar transmission station and 
poses 
a 
serious threat to the health and well-being of 
inhabitants in the area; and 
Whereas, an adequate 
health 
and 
well-being 
of 
Machiasport; and 
supply 
the 
of water is 
inhabitants 
essential 
of 
the 
to 
Town 
been 
this 
the 
the 
of 
Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts 
create an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of 
Maine 
and 
require 
the 
following 
legislation 
as 
immediately 
necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and 
safety; now, therefore, 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. Territorial limits; corporate name. 
Pursuant to the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, chapter 64, that part of the Town 
of 
Machiasport 
described 
as 
follows: 
Beginning 
at 
the 
intersection of the Kennebec Road and the Machias Road: thence 
southwest along the 
Kennebec Road to the intersection of Meadow 
Brook; thence south along Meadow Brook into the Little Kennebec 
Bay ; thence south along the coastline of Little Kennebec Bay to 
the Point of Maine; thence north along the coastline of Machias 
Bay to the intersection of Sanborn Cove and Machias Road; thence 
north along the Machias Road to the point of beginning: and its 
inhabitants 
constitute 
a 
standard 
district 
under 
the 
name 
"Starboard Water District," referred to in this Act 
as 
"the 
.district." 
Sec. 2. 
powers 
and 
restrictions 
chapter 64. 
Powers; authority; duties. 
The district has all the 
authority and is subject to all requirements 
and 
provided in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, 
Sec. 
3. 
Power 
to 
take 
water. 
For 
purposes 
of 
its 
incorporation, the district is authorized to take water from any 
source in the Town of Machiasport. 
Sec. 4. Number of trustees. 
The board of trustees of the 
district is 
composed 
of 
trustees. 
Two 
trustees 
may 
be 
residents of the district who do not use the district's services 
and, 
notwithstanding the 
Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 
35-A, 
section 6410, 
trustees must use the district's services but 
need not be residents of the district. 
Sec. 5. Election of first board. 
The first board is elected in a 
election 
called 
by 
the 
municipal 
officers 
of 
the 
Town 
of 
Machiasport within 6 months of approval of this Act by the voters 
in accordance with this Act. 
The terms of the first board are 
governed by the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, section 6410. 
Sec. 6. Terms of trustees. 
After the election of the first 
board, trustees are elected to 3-year terms. 
Sec. 7. Emergency clause; referendum; effective date. 
In view of 
the emergency cited in the preamble, this Act takes effect when 
approved only for the purpose of permitting its submission to the 
legal voters within the territory described in section 1 of this 
Act at an election called for that purpose and held by July 1, 
2005. 
The election must be called by the municipal officers of 
the town and be held at the regular voting places. 
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. 
For 
the purpose 
of registration of voters, 
the 
registrar of voters must be in session the secular day preceding 
the election. 
The subject matter of this Act is reduced to the 
following question: 
"Do 
you 
favor 
creating 
the 
Starboard 
Standard 
Water 
District?" 
The voters shall indicate by a cross or check mark placed 
against the word "Yes" or "No" their opinion of the same. 
The results must be declared by the municipal officers of 
the Town of Machiasport and due certificate of the results filed 
by the clerk with the Secretary of State. 
This Act takes effect for all purposes immediately upon its 
approval 
by 
a 
majority 
of 
the 
legal 
voters 
voting at 
the 
election. 
Failure to 
achieve 
the 
necessary approval 
in any 
referendum does not prohibit subsequent referenda consistent with 
this section, provided the referenda are held prior to July l, 
2005. 
SUMMARY 
This bill creates the Starboard Standard Water District.