An Act To Amend the Charter of the Boothbay Region Water District
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 0497
Committee: Utilities and Energy
Sponsors: BISHOP, DOW

Legislative Document 
No. 497 
H.P.372 
House of Representatives, February 1,2005 
An Act To Amend the Charter of the Boothbay Region Water 
District 
(EMERGENCY) 
Reference to the Committee on Utilities and Energy suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Representative BISHOP of Boothbay. 
Cosponsored by Senator DOW of Lincoln. 
Printed 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, new trustees are going to be elected at the next 
town meetings for the Town of Boothbay Harbor and the Town of 
Boothbay; and 
Whereas, it is 
necessary 
to 
have 
this 
legislation 
an 
emergency 
so 
that 
the 
qualifications 
of 
the 
trustees 
are 
effective before the elections at the town meetings; 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 2001, c. 15. §5, sub-§§1 and 4 are amended to read: 
1. 
First board. 
The municipal officers of the Town of 
Boothbay Harbor and the Town of Boothbay at a joint meeting shall 
appoint the first board of trustees, 3 of whom must be residents 
of the Town of Boothbay Harbor, 2 of whom must be residents of 
the 
Town 
of 
Boothbay 
and 
all 
of 
whom 
must 
be 
current 
commissioners of the Boothbay Harbor Water System or trustees of 
the East Boothbay Water District. 
The trustees from the Town of 
Boothbay Harbor serve terms as follows: 
one for a term of one 
year, one for a term of 2 years and one for a term of 3 years. 
The trustees from the Town of Boothbay serve terms as follows: 
one for a term of 2 years and one for a term of 3 years. 
The 
municipal officers shall determine the term of office of each 
trustee. 
Vacancies are filled pursuant to subsection 4. 
After 
the expiration of the term of the Town of Boothbay Harbor trustee 
with the one-year term, 
the succeeding trustee is elected at 
large from the district for a term of 3 years. 
Each trustee must 
reside in a household to which the district's service is provided. 
4. 
Vacancy. 
Whenever the term of office of a trustee from 
the Town of Boothbay Harbor expires, the trustee's successor must 
be elected from the Town of Boothbay Harbor by the inhabitants of 
the district, except that, after the first year, the successor of 
the trustee from the Town of Boothbay Harbor that served a term 
of one year must be elected at large by the inhabitants of the 
district at town meetings to be held in the Town of Boothbay 
Harbor and the Town of Boothbay. 
Whenever the term of office of 
a 
trustee 
from 
the 
Town 
of 
Boothbay expires, 
the trustee's 
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successor must be elected from 
the Town of Boothbay by the 
inhabitants of the district. 
Trustees are elected at the annual 
town meetings from the town that the trustees represent. 
The 
trustee so elected shall serve the full term of 3 years. 
If any 
vacancy arises in the membership of the board of trustees, it 
must be filled in like manner for the unexpired term by a special 
election to be called by the trustees of the district. 
When any 
trustee ceases to be a resident of the district or to reside in a 
household 
to 
which 
the district's service 
is 
provided, 
the 
trustee shall vacate the office of trustee and the vacancy must 
be filled as 
provided in this subsection. 
All trustees are 
eligible for reelection, but a person who is a municipal officer 
in the Town of Boothbay Harbor or the Town of Boothbay is not 
eligible for nomination or election as trustee. 
Emergency clause. 
In view of the emergency cited in the 
preamble, this Act takes effect when approved. 
This bill 
Water District 
SUMMARY 
requires that 
reside in a 
a trustee of the 
household to which 
service is provided. 
Boothbay Region 
the district's