An Act To Amend the Waldoboro Utility District
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 0389
Committee: Utilities and Energy

Legislative Document 
No. 389 
H.P.291 
House of Representatives, January 25, 2005 
An Act To Amend the Waldoboro Utility District 
(EMERGENCY) 
Reference to the Committee on Utilities and Energy suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Representati ve TRAHAN of Waldoboro. 
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, it is necessary that this legislation be enacted as 
an 
emergency 
so that the trustees of 
the Waldoboro Utility 
District may establish reserve accounts as soon as possible; 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 1963, c. 146, §7, as amended by P&SL 1997, c. 18, 
§1, is repealed and the following enacted in its place: 
Sec. 7. Procedure for connection of sewer. 
A person may enter 
that person's private sewer into a sewer of the district upon 
obtaining a permit in writing from the trustees and upon paying 
entrance charges as established by the district. 
Sec. 2. P&SL 1963, c. 146, §14, 3rd ~, 3rd sentence, as repealed 
and replaced by P&SL 1989, c. 2, §1, is amended to read: 
Each voter who signs a nomination paper shall add the eaaeieate~s 
voter's place of residence with the street and number, if any. 
Sec. 3. P&SL 1963, c. 146, §14, 3rd ~ from the end, as amended by 
P&SL 1993, c. 33, §1, is further amended to read: 
Members of the board of trustees are eligible to any office 
under 
the 
board. 
The 
trustees 
are entitled to 
receive 
as 
compensation for their services an amount to be determined by 
them 
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approved 
by 
the 
municipal officers as reguired by the Maine Revised Statutes, 
Title 38, 
section 1252, 
Subsection 5. 
The 
treasurer may 
be 
allowed such compensation as the trustees determine. 
Sec. 4. P&SL 1963, c.146, §18, 3rd ~ is amended to read: 
The sewer rates, tolls, 
!!D.Uit be so established as to 
rents and entrance charges sHall 
provide revenue for the following 
purposes: 
1. 
To 
pay 
the 
current 
expenses 
for 
operating 
and 
maintaining 
facilities; 
the 
6eweFa~e---6y6~em~ 
pollution 
control 
II. 
To provide for the payment of the interest ea-~Re and 
retirement of such long-term indebtedness 
eFea~eG-BY as the 
district has legally entered into; 
III. 
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for 
reserve 
accounts 
as 
the 
trustees 
may 
establish, 
including, 
but 
not 
limited 
to, 
capital 
improvement 
accounts, 
caQital 
equipment 
accounts, 
credit 
reserve 
accounts, 
sinking 
fund 
accounts 
and 
capital 
dedicated reserve accounts. 
Money set aside for the 6ia*ia~ 
~QaQ-~~~-~-Qeve~eQ-~~~~-Fe~iFemea~-~-~~-eBli~a~iea6 
e~-5~i4-~-~~~~~&r-aaQ reserve accounts may be invested 
in such securities as 
savings 
banks 
in this State 
are 
allowed to hold; and 
IV. 
If any surplus remains at the end of the year, it may 
be turned into 
~Re--&ia*ia~--~QaQ any established reserve 
account. 
Emergency clause. 
In view of the emergency cited in the 
preamble, this Act takes effect when approved. 
SUMMARY 
This bill clarifies that a person may connect to a sewer of 
the Waldoboro Utility District upon obtaining a permit from the 
trustees of the district and upon payment of an entrance charge. 
The bill also clarifies that it is the place of residence of the 
voter who signs the nomination petition and not the candidate's 
place of residence that is required on the petition. 
The bill 
provides 
for 
establishing 
reserve 
accounts 
for 
any 
surplus 
revenue remaining after all expenses of the district have been 
paid.