An Act To Establish the Island Falls Water District (AFTER DEADLINE)
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 2078
Committee: Utilities and Energy
Sponsors: JOY, MARTIN, CARR, SHERMAN, CLUKEY, DAVIS

Legislative Document 
No. 2078 
H.P. 1470 
House of Representatives, March 20, 2006 
An Act To Establish the Island Falls Water District 
(AFTER DEADLINE) 
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 Representative JOY of Crystal. 
Cosponsored by Senator MARTIN of Aroostook and 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Representati yes: ANNIS of Dover-Foxcroft, CARR of Lincoln, SHERMAN of Hodgdon, 
Senators: CLUKEY of Aroostook, DAVIS of Piscataquis. 
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, the inhabitants and that part of the Town of Island Falls 
constitute a standard district under the name Island Falls Water District, referred to in this 
Act as "the district," described as follows: 
Beginning at a point 46° 0'2.23"N, 68° 16'3.53"W; thence in a northwesterly 
direction to a point 46° 1 '0.93"N, 68° 16'53.87"W; thence in a 
northeasterly 
direction to a point 46° 1 'l1.92"N, 68° 16'34.27"W; thence in a southeasterly 
direction to a point 46° 0'45.61 "N, 68° 15'38.34"W; thence continuing in a 
southeasterly direction to a point 46° 0'41.58"N, 68° 15' 19.55"W; thence in a 
northeasterly direction to a point 46° l'1.11"N, 68° 15'0.62"W; thence in a 
southeasterly direction to a point 46° 0'48.72"N, 68° 14'42.68"W; thence in a 
southwesterly direction to the point of beginning. 
Sec. 2. Powers; authority; duties. The district has all the powers and authorities 
and is subject to all the requirements and restrictions provided to a water district in the 
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, chapter 64. 
Sec. 3. Power to take water. The district is authorized to take, to hold and to 
convey within the Town of Island Falls and from any part of the town water from any 
surface water or groundwater source within the town. 
Sec. 4. Number of trustees. The board of trustees of the district is composed of 3 
trustees. A trustee must be a resident of the district. 
Sec. 5. First board. The first board of trustees of the district is appointed by the 
municipal officers of the Town of Island Falls. 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 appointment of the first board of trustees of 
the district, trustees are elected to 3-year terms. 
Sec. 7. Acquisition of property of Island Falls Water Department. The 
district, through its trustees, may acquire by purchase the plants, properties, assets, 
franchises, rights and privileges owned by the Island Falls Water Department, including, 
without limitation, all lands, waters, water rights, reservoirs, pipes, machinery, fixtures, 
hydrants, tools, treatment systems, treatment facilities and pump stations and all 
apparatus and appliances used or usable in supplying water within the district. 
Sec. 8. Assumption of debts. On the date of purchase of the property of the 
Island Falls Water Department by the district pursuant to section 7, the district shall 
assume all of the outstanding debts, obligations and liabilities of the department, 
including, without limitation, the assumption by the district of any outstanding notes or 
bonds of the department that are due. on or after the date of purchase. If the debt, 
obligations, liabilities, notes or bonds are not assumable, then the district shall otherwise 
be obligated for their repayment. 
Sec. 9. Transfer of contracts, permits and licenses. All contracts between the 
Island Falls Water Department and any person, firm or corporation that are in effect on 
the date of purchase pursuant to section 7 are assumed and must be calTied out by the 
district. All permits and licenses held by the department that are in effect on the date of 
purchase pursuant to section 7 are assumed by the district. 
Sec. 10. Approval of Public Utilities Commission. The sale and transfer by 
the Island Falls Water Department to the district of its plants, properties, assets, 
franchises, rights and privileges and the assumption by the district of the department's 
outstanding debts, obligations and liabilities and the subsequent use of the plants, 
properties, assets, franchises, rights and privileges by the district within the limits of the 
district are subject to the approval of the Public Utilities Commission under the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, Part I. 
II 
Sec. 11. Referendum; effective date. This Act takes effect when approved only 
for the purpose of pem1itting its submission to the legal voters within the territory 
described in section I of this Act at an election called for that purpose and held within 2 
years of the effective date of this Act. 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 Island Falls Water District and permitting it to 
acquire assets of the Island Falls Water Department?" 
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 Island Falls 
and due certificate of the results filed by the clerk with the Secretary of State. 
This Act takes effect for all other 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 within 2 years of the effective date of this Act. 
SUMMARY 
This bill establishes the Island Falls Water District.