An Act To Create a Utility District in Edgecomb
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 1382
Committee: Utilities and Energy
Sponsors: McKANE, DOW

Legislative Document 
No. 1382 
H.P.974 
House of Representatives, March 13,2007 
An Act To Create a Utility District in Edgecomb 
Reference to the Committee on Utilities and Energy suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Representative McKANE of Newcastle. 
Cosponsored by Senator DOW of Lincoln. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. Territorial limits; corporate name, purpose. The inhabitants and 
territory of the Town of Edgecomb constitute a body politic and corporate under the name 
. of Edgecomb Utility District, referred to in this Act as "the district," for the purpose of 
supplying the Town of Edgecomb and the inhabitants and others of the district with pure 
water for domestic, sanitary, commercial, industrial, agricultural and municipal purposes 
and for the purpose of supplying the town and inhabitants and others within the territory 
of the district with sewer services. 
Sec. 2. Powers and authority as water utility. Except as otherwise expressly 
provided in this charter, the district, for the purposes of performing the functions of a 
water utility, has all the powers, rights, privileges and authority and is subject to all the 
requirements and restrictions of a standard water district under the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 35-A, chapter 64. 
Sec. 3. Powers as sewer district. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this 
charter, the district, for the purposes of supplying the town and inhabitants and others 
with in the territory of the district with sewer services, has all the powers, rights, 
privileges and authority and is subject to all the requirements and restrictions of a sanitary 
district formed under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 38, chapter 1 I, except that 
sections 1062, 1101, 1102, 1103, 1104, 1105, 1106 and 1162 do not apply to the district. 
Sec. 4. Additional powers. The district has the authority to contract with other 
water districts, sewer districts and sewer departments for the provision of water service 
and wastewater treatment. 
Sec. 5. Contracts of town. All water and wastewater contracts and leases and any 
other obligations between the Town of Edgecomb and any person, firm or corporation 
relating to supplying water or sewer services that are in effect on the date of the transfer 
by the Town of Edgecomb to the district are assumed and carried out by the district. 
Sec. 6. Number of trustees. The board of trustees of the district is composed of3 
trustees. A trustee must be at least 18 years of age and a registered voter of the Town of 
Edgecomb. 
Sec. 7. First board. The first board is appointed by the municipal officers of the 
Town of Edgecomb in accordance with this Act. 
The terms of the first board are 
governed by the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, section 5410. 
Sec. 8. Terms of trustees. After the appointment of the first board of trustees of 
the district, trustees are appointed to 3-year terms. 
Sec. 9. Effective date. This Act takes effect when approved only for the purpose 
of permitting its submission to the legal voters within the territory described in section 1 
of this Act at a town meeting called for that purpose and held by July 1, 2010. The 
meeting must be called by the municipal officers of the town and be held at the regular 
voting places. The meeting must be called, advertised and conducted according to the 
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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 meeting. The 
subject matter of this Act is reduced to the following: 
"To see if the Town will vote to create the Edgecomb Utility District" 
The results must be declared by the municipal officers of the Town of Edgecomb 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 acceptance by a 
majority of the legal voters voting at the town meeting. Failure to achieve the necessary 
approval by a majority of voters at a town meeting does not prohibit subsequent warrant 
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articles consistent with this section, provided the town meetings are held prior to July I, 
2010. 
SUMMARY 
This bill creates the Edgecomb Utility District.