An Act To Amend the Charter of the Dover and Foxcroft Water District
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1672
Committee: Utilities and Energy
Sponsors: ANNIS, DAVIS

Legislative Document 
No. 1672 
H.P.1248 
House of Representatives, December 19, 2003 
An Act To Amend the Charter of the Dover and Foxcroft Water 
District 
(EMERGENCY) 
Approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule 
203. 
Received by the Clerk of the House on December 16,2003. Referred to the Committee on 
Utilities and Energy pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 
401. 
Presented by Representative ANNIS of Dover-Foxcroft. 
Cosponsored by Senator: DAVIS of Piscataquis. 
Primed on recycled paper 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Emergency preamble. Whereas. Acts of the Legislature do not 
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted 
as emergencies; and 
Whereas, this legislation increases the number of trustees 
of the Dover and Foxcroft Water District from 3 to 5; and 
Whereas, the trustees are to be elected at the district's 
annual meeting, which is held in February; and 
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. P&SL 1985, c. 107, Pt. B, §3 
is 
repealed 
and 
the 
following enacted in its place: 
Sec. 3. Territorial limits; corporate name. 
Pursuant to the Maine 
Revised 
Statutes, 
Title 
35-A, 
section 
6403, 
sUbsection 
L 
paragraph B, that part of the Town of Dover-Foxcroft described as 
follows: 
beginning at the point of intersection of 45 degrees, 
minutes, 30 seconds north latitude and 69 degrees, 11 minutes, 
seconds west longitude; thence due south to 45 degrees, 
minutes, 
seconds 
north 
latitude; 
thence 
due 
west 
to 
~9 
degrees, 12 minutes, 12 seconds west longitude; thence south to 
degrees, 10 minutes, 30 seconds north latitude; thence west to 
degrees, 16 minutes, 00 seconds west longitude; thence north 
to 45 degrees, 12 minutes, 01 seconds north latitude; thence east 
to 
degrees, 
minutes, 
seconds west longitude; thence 
north to 
degrees, 
minutes, 
seconds north latitude; 
thence 
west 
to 
the point 
of beginning; 
and its inhabitants 
constitutes a standard water district under the name "Dover and 
Foxcroft 
Water 
District," 
referred 
to 
in this 
Act 
as 
"the 
district. " 
Sec. 2. P&SL 1985,c. 107, Pt. B, §6, as amended by P&SL 1999, c. 
27, §§3 and 4 and affected by §9, is repealed. 
Sec.3. P&SL 1985, c.107, Pt. B, §6.A is enacted to read: 
Sec.6·A. Trustees. 
The board of trustees of the district is 
composed 
of 
trustees. 
A trustee 
must 
be 
a 
resident 
of 
Dover-Foxcroft. 
The trustees holding office on the effective 
date of this subsection hold office as trustees for the terms for 
which they were elected, and as each term expires one trustee 
must be elected by the registered voters of the district at the 
next annual meeting of the district to serve for a 
term of 3 
y§.p.rs. 
The additional 2 trustees must be elected at the next 
annual meeting, one for a term of 2 years and one for a term of 3 
years. 
If a vacancy arises, it must be filled for the remainder 
of the unexpired term. 
The trustees are entitled to compensation 
for their services as determined by the trustees. 
The trustees 
may also adopt bylaws as necessary for their own convenience and 
the proper management of the affairs of the d.istr ict and may 
procure an office and incur expenses as necessary. 
Sec. 4. P&SL 1985, c. 107, Pt. B, §§11 and 12 are repealed. 
Sec. 5. P&SL 1985, c. 107, Pt. B, §14, sub-§l is repealed and the 
following enacted in its place: 
1. 
Purchase or lease. 
The district may take and hold an 
interest in real estate or personal estate by purchase, lease or 
other lawful means. 
Sec. 6. P&SL 1985, c.107, Pt. B, §15 is repealed. 
Sec. 7. P&SL 1985, c.107, Pt. B, §§18 and 19 are enacted to read: 
Sec. 18. 
Powers; 
authority; 
duties. 
Except 
as 
otherwise 
specifically provided in this Act, 
the district has all the 
powers 
and authority and is subject to all requirements 
and 
restrictions provided in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, 
section 6310; sections 6404 to 6409; section 6410, subsections 5 
and 9; section 6411; section 6412; and sections 6414 to 6416~ 
Sec. 19. Power to take water. 
The district is authorized to 
take, hold, divert, use and distribute water from Salmon Stream 
Pond situated in the Town of Guilford and Garland Pond situated 
in the towns of Dover-Foxcroft and Sebec and from 
any well, 
surface or underground brook, stream, spring or vein of water in 
Dover-Foxcroft. 
Sec. 8. Transition; trustees in office. 
Trustees of the Dover and 
Foxcroft Water District in office on the effective date of this 
Act may continue in office for the remainder of their terms. 
When the term of office of a trustee expires, that trustee's 
successor is elected in accordance with Private and Special LaW' 
1985, chapter 107, Part S, section 6-A. 
Emergency clause. 
In view of the emergency cited in the 
preamble, this Act takes effect when approved. 
SUMMARY 
The bill amends the territory of the Dover and Foxcroft 
Water District and increases the number of trustees of the board 
of trustees of the Dover and Foxcroft Water District from 
trustees to 5 trustees.