An Act To Amend the Charter of the Boothbay Harbor Sewer District
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1736
Committee: Utilities and Energy
Sponsors: BISHOP

Legislative Document 
No. 1736 
H.P.1244 
House of Representatives, January 3, 2006 
An Act To Amend the Charter of the Boothbay Harbor Sewer 
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 28, 2005. 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 BISHOP of Boothbay. 
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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, the Boothbay Harbor Sewer District is a quasi-municipal corporation 
organized and existing under the laws of the State; and 
Whereas, certain residences and businesses in the Town of Boothbay have private, 
on-site sewage disposal systems that are inadequate; and 
Whereas, the Town of Boothbay and the Boothbay Harbor Sewer District believe it 
is in their best interests to extend the territory of the Boothbay Harbor Sewer District to 
serve the Town of Boothbay; 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 1961, c. 161, §1, as amended by P&SL 1993, c. 59, § I and affected 
by §2, is further amended to read: 
Sec. 1. Territorial limits; incorporation. The territory, and the inhabitants 
therein, of the Town of Boothbay Harbor in the County of Lincoln and the territory, and 
the inhabitants therein, of that part of the Town of Boothbay, in the County of Lincoln, 
'Nhich is bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point in the middle of the 
intersection of Dover Road and State Route 27; thence easterly a distance of 2,000 feet, 
more or less, to a point; thence southwesterly a distance of I O,OOO-feet,--me¥~or-J.es<-...,..te 
the Boothbay Harbor town line; thence 'tYesterly along the town line a distance of 6,000 
feet, fl'lOre or less, to a point; thence northerly a distance of 9,000 feet, more or less, to a 
point; thence easterly a distance of 5,200 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning, 
constitute a public sewerage district and a body politic and corporate under the name of 
"Boothbay Harbor Sewer District." The purpose of this district, subject to the provisions 
of section 10, is to take over, control, operate and manage the sewers now owned by the 
Town of Boothbay Harbor with all appurtenances thereto; to extend, increase, enlarge and 
improve these sewers; to extend the present system or systems so as to furnish sewerage 
facilities to parts of the district not now served with those facilities; to provide for 
removal and treatment of sewage when, as and if that treatment becomes necessary; and 
generally to construct, maintain, operate and provide a system of sewerage, sewage 
disposal and sewage treatment for public purposes and for the health, welfare, comfort 
and convenience of the inhabitants of the district. 
Sec. 2. P&SL 1961, c.161, §17, 2nd sentence, as amended by P&SL 1991, c. 
81, § 1 and affected by § 3, is further amended to read: 
The total indebtedness of the district at anyone time outstanding may not exceed the sum 
of $5,50{),{){){) $8,500,000. 
Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this Act takes 
effect when approved. 
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SUMMARY 
This bill extends the territory of the Boothbay Harbor Sewer District to include all of 
the territory of the Town of Boothbay. The bill also increases the debt limit of the 
Boothbay Harbor Sewer District from $5,500,000 to $8,500,000.