An Act To Amend the Charter of the Long Pond Water District
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 0941
Committee: Utilities and Energy
Sponsors: EATON

Legislative Document 
No. 941 
H.P.716 
House of Representatives, March 1,2007 
An Act To Amend the Charter of the Long Pond Water District 
(EMERGENCY) 
Reference to the Committee on Utilities and Energy suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Representative EATON of Sullivan. 
Prmted on recycled paper 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
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Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not 
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and 
Whereas, uninterrupted collection and distribution of water is essential to the health 
. and welfare ofthe inhabitants of the Town of Sullivan and the Town of Sorrento; 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 P&SL 1989, c. 121, §1 is repealed and the following enacted in its place: 
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Sec. 1. Territorial limits; corporate name; purposes. The inhabitants and 
territory of those parts of the Town of Sullivan and the Town of Sorrento described as 
follows, constitute a quasi-municipal corporation under the name of "Long Pond Water 
District" for the purpose of supplying the inhabitants and others of the district with pure 
water for domestic, sanitary, commercial, industrial, agricultural and municipal purposes: 
beginning at a point 68°12'23.14" W, 44°32'26.13" N, in Sullivan; thence east to the 
Sullivan/T7 SD border; thence following the border in a southeasterly direction to the 
Sullivan/T7 SD/Gouldsboro border; thence in a southwesterly direction to Flanders Bay; 
thence in a northwesterly direction along the coast of Flanders Bay to the southwest 
corner of the Sullivan/Sorrento border; thence around Sorrento on the coast of Flanders 
Bay to the northwest corner of the Sullivan/Sorrento border; thence in a northwesterly 
direction to a point along the coast 68°12'23.14" W, 44°31'14.48" N; thence north to the 
point of beginning. 
Sec.2. P&SL 1989, c. 121, §9, first -,r is amended to read: 
Sec. 9. Trustees; how elected; first board; meeting; officers. All of the 
affairs of the district ffi\:lst be are managed by a board of trustees composed of 5 members, 
4- I of whom are residents of Sorrento and eHe 2. of whom is a resident are residents of 
Sullivan and who are, after selection of the first board, elected as provided in the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, chapter Q 64. 
Sec. 3. Transition; trustees in office. Trustees of the Long Pond 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 1989, chapter 121, section 9, as amended by 
this Act. 
Emergency clause. 
In view of the emergency cited In the preamble, this 
legislation takes effect when approved. 
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SUMMARY 
This bill changes the territory of the Long Pond Water District. 
The bill also 
decreases the number of trustees from the Town of Sorrento from 4 to 3 and increases the 
number of trustees from the Town of Sullivan from one to 2.