An Act To Amend the Charter of the Harrison Water District
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 0878
Committee: Utilities and Energy
Sponsors: SYKES, HASTINGS, CRESSEY

Legislative Document 
No. 878 
H.P.668 
House of Representatives, February 27,2007 
An Act To Amend the Charter of the Harrison Water District 
(EMERGENCY) 
Reference to the Committee on Utilities and Energy suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Representative SYKES of Harrison. 
Cosponsored by Senator HASTINGS of Oxford and 
Representative: CRESSEY of Cornish. 
Printed on recyded paper 
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MIl,LICENT 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, there exists a vacancy in the Harrison Water District board of trustees; 
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Whereas, the vacancy is due to an unexpired term; and 
Whereas, it is imperative that the vacancy be filled 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, 
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. P&SL 1969, c. 91, §1, first ~ is amended to read: 
1. 
Territorial limits; corporate name; purpose. 
The inhabitants of and the 
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territory within that part of the Town of Harrison in the County of Cumberland and that 
part of the Town of Bridgton, more commonly referred to as North Bridgton, in the 
County of Cumberland, as is hereafter described as follows constitute a body politic and 
corporate under the name of "the Harrison Water District" for the purpose of supplying 
the district and the inhabitants of the district with pure water for domestic, commercial, 
sanitarY, industrial, agricultural and municipal purposes: 
Beginning at a point on the 
shore of Long Lake in the Town of Bridgton, which point is due east of the Maine State 
Highway Commission Station 165 + 00 on the Bridgton Road (State Road No. 117) State 
Road No. 117, which station is also 750 feet south, more or less, of the junction of the 
Bridgton Road State Road No. 117 and Main Street in the ~ 
Village of North 
Bridgton,; thence in a westerly direction to sate the Maine State Highway Commission 
Station 165 + 00 on the Bridgton Road State Road No. 117; thence in a northerly 
direction to a point on the Chadbourne Hill Road which point is 2,000 feet, more or less, 
westerly of the intersection of the Chadbourne Hill Road and Main Street in Bridgton: 
thence in a northerly direction to a point on the Waterford Road (State Road No. ~, 
State Road No. 37, where the town line separating the Town of Bridgton and the Town of 
Harrison first crosses the Waterford Road (State Road No. 36), State Road No. 37; thence 
in an easterly direction to a point on the Norway Road (State Road No. 117), State Road 
No. 117, which point is 3,600 feet, more or less, northerly of the junction of the Norway 
Road and the Dawes Hill Road; thence in a southerly direction to a point on the Deertrees 
Road which point is 1,800 feet, more or less, northerly of the junction of the Deertrees 
Road and the Dawes Hill Road; thence in a southerly direction to a point on the Dawes 
Hill Road which point is 1,200 feet, more or less, northerly of the junction of Dawes Hill 
Road and Deenrees Road; thence in a southerly and westerly direction to a point on the 
Edes Falls Road, which point is 600 feet, more or less, southerly of the junction of Edes 
Falls Road and School Street; thence in a westerly and southerly direction to a point on 
Front Street, also known as the Naples Road (State Road No. 35), State Road No. 35, 
which point is 2,600 feet, more or less, southerly of the junction of Front Street and 
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School Street; thence westerly 400 feet, more or less, to a point on the shore of Long 
Lake; tht~nce following the shore of Long Lake in a northerly, \vestt;rIYi and southerly 
direction to the point of beginning; shall be and hereby are cefr"A-itutea-a--bedy politic-a&<i 
corporate under the name of the "Harrison Water District" for the purpose of supplying 
the said district and the inhabitants of said district 'Nith pl:lre "''later for domestic, 
commercial, sanitary, industrial, agricultural and municipal purposes. 
Sec. 2. P&SL 1969, c. 91, §7 is amended by repealing and replacing the next to 
the last paragraph to read: 
Meeting of trustees. Each year after the election of a trustee, or trustees, the trustees 
shall hold a meeting to elect officers as provided in this Act. They shall organize by the 
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election of a president and clerk, adopt a corporate seal and, when necessary, may choose 
a treasurer and all other necessary officers and agents for the proper conduct and 
management of the affairs of the district. 
They may also establish bylaws as are 
necessary for their own convenience and the proper management of the affairs of the 
district. When the term of office of a trustee expires, the trustee's successor is elected by 
a plurality vote by the inhabitants of the district and upon nomination made as provided 
in this Act for the election of trustees at a special election called and held on the third 
Monday of March. Trustees are elected for 3-year terms. If a trustee resigns or the term 
of office of a trustee is terminated before the trustee's term has expired, the successor is 
appointed for the unexpired term by a plurality vote of a majority of the Board of 
Trustees. The trustee elected serves the full unexpired term. When a trustee ceases to be 
a resident of the district, the trustee vacates the office of trustee and the vacancy must be 
filled as described in this paragraph. All trustees are eligible for reelection, but a person 
holding the office of municipal officer or road commissioner in the Town of Harrison or 
the Town of Bridgton is not eligible for nomination or election as a trustee. The trustees 
may procure an office and incur such expenses as may be necessary. Each trustee is 
entitled, for the trustee's services in whatever capacity, to compensation as determined by 
the board, but the compensation mav not exceed $600 per year. 
Sec. 3. P&SL 1969, c. 91, §14 is repealed and the following enacted in its place: 
14. 
Rates. 
The rates established pursuant to this section must be sufficient to 
provide revenue for the-IDJrposes of this Act and for all other purposes of the corporation. 
The rates must be established in accordance with the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, 
section 6105 to provide for the purposes set forth in that section. 
Emergency clause. 
In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this 
legislation takes effect when approved. 
SUMMARY 
The bill clarifies the territorial limits of the Harrison Water District by changing 
references to reflect the correct names or route numbers of roads. The bill also changes 
how a vacancy on the board oftrustees that leaves an unexpired term is filled from having 
to hold a special election to having the board of trustees appoint a person. The bill also 
amends the amount a trustee is entitled to receive for serving as trustee from $200 to $600 
a year. This bill also amends the charter of the Harrison Water District by changing the 
way the district sets its rates.