An Act To. Amend the Charter Gf the Clinton Water District
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 1369
Committee: Utilities and Energy
Sponsors: MARRACHEofKelmebec

FIRST R~c;UJ ,AR ~E~~ION-2009 
. Legislative Do.cument 
No.. 1369 
.H.P.959 
Bouse of Representatives, April 2, 2009 
An Act To. Amend the Charter Gf the Clinton Water District 
Reference to the Committee on Utilities and Energy suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Representative FITTS. of Pittsfield. 
Cosponsored by Senator MARRACHEofKelmebec. 
Printed 011 r~cycled paper 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:' 
Sec. 1. P&SL 1945, c. 72, §1, 2nd ~ is repealed and the following enacted in its 
place: 
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. The area within the district is to be composed of that part of the town of Clinton 
bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point where the. Clinton~13'€1ilt0n1 tOW,ill 
line crosses the Sebasticook River one mile south of CliNton, Village;, theDe.€: l1lorfueast to, 
a point crossing Bellsqueeze Road, 1,o.Onf€:et south of Hinkley Road i'Rtelisection:; 
continuing northwest to a point at M'orrison COfl1eIi where Town House Hill road: meets. 
Battle Ridge Road to Goodrich Road; thence· southeasterly along Goodrkh Road to 
Whitten Road; continuing southeasterly, crossing Mutton Lane Road on the southern side 
of the 1-95 overpass; continuing straight to the Sebasticook River where the Waldo-
Kennebec County line crosses the Sebasticook River; following the Sebasticook River to 
the Benton-Clinton line; thence westerly to the point of beginning. 
Sec. 2. P&SL 1945, c. 72, §1, 3rd ~, as amended by PL 1975, c. 461, §8, is 
repealed. 
Sec. 3. P&SL 1945, c. 72, §8 is amended to read: 
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Sec. 8. Board of trustees. All the affairs of said the district shall be are managed 
by a board of 3 trustees, resident therein of the district, who shall be appointed by the. 
municipal officers 9f the tov;n of Clinton are elected at the annual meeting of the water 
district. They shall hold office as hereinafter provided in the charter and until their 
respective successors are appointed elected and qualified. Whenever the tenn of office of 
a trustee eJcpires, the municipal officers of the tmvn of Clinton shall appoint a successor 
to serve the full tenn of 3 years and in case of any other vacancy arising from any cause, 
it shall be filled in like manner for the unexpired tenn. When any trustee ceases to be a 
resident of said the district, his that trustee's office as trustee shall be i§. declared vacant. 
During his term of office no selectman A selectperson of said the town of Clinton shall 
may not serve as a member of the board of trustees of the district while serving as a 
selectperson. 
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Sec. 4. P&SL 1945, c. 72, §9 is amended to read: 
Sec. 9. Trustees; bow elected; meetings; officers; vacancies filled for the 
unexpired term. The first board of trustees shall must be appointed within 10 days 
after the acceptance of this act by the voters of said the district, oneto serve until the first 
annual meeting of the district, one until the second, and one until the third s-ueh annual 
meeting. Thereafter, one' member shall must be appointed elected at the time of each 
annual meeting to serve for a term of 3 years. As soon as convenient after their 
appointment, the trustees first appointed shall hold a meeting at some coiwenient place in 
the district, to be called by any member thereof of the board, in writing, designating the 
time and place, and delivered in hand to the other twe ~ members not less than 2 full days 
before the meeting; provided, however, that they may meet by agreement and waiver 
without such notice. They shall then organize by the election of a chainnan chair and 
clerk from their own number, adopt a corporate seal and by-laws, and perform any other 
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acts within the powers delegated to them by law. As necessary, they may choose agents 
and other needful officers who 5hal± serve at their pleasure, and whose compensation 
shall be i§. fixed by 5aitl the trustees. They shall choose annually a treasurer to serve for a 
term of -+ one year; and fix the treasurer's salary, which shall in no case exceed $200 per 
year, and fill vacancies in that office. The treasurer shall furnish a bond, issued in such 
s\lm by a surety company as the trustees may approv:-e, and the expense of securing the 
bond is to be borne ,by the district. Members of the board shall be are eligible to any 
office under the board, but shall may not receive compensation therefor, except as trustee, 
unless authorized by vote of the municipal officers of the town of Clinton. 
The compensation of the trustees ffial:l may not exceed ~ 
$700 each per year, 
unless othel:wise provided by vote, as above defined. Increases in compensation are 
pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, section 6410, subsection 7. 
The trustees shall must be sworn to the faithful performance of their duties as such, 
which shall include the duties of any member as clerk or clerk pro tempore. They shall 
make and publish an annual report, which shall must also contain a report of the treasurer. 
Nomin~tibns and elections of trustees are conducted in accordance with the laws 
relating to municipal elections. When the tenn of office of a trustee expires, the trustee's 
successor is elected at large by a plurality vote of the voters of the district. For the 
purpose of the election, a special election must be called and held on the date estab'lished 
by the trustees. The election must be called by the trustees of the district in the same 
manner as town meetings are called; and, for this purpose, the trustees are vested with the 
powers of municipal officers of towns. 
The trustees shall appoint a registrar of voters for the district, who may also be the 
registrar of voters of the Town of Clinton, and fix the registrar's salary. It is the registrar's 
duty to make and keep' a complete list of all the eligible voters of the district. The list 
prepared by the registrar governs the eligibility of any voter. Voters who are residents, 
outside the territorial limits of the district, as defined in section 1 of this Act, are not 
eligible'voters and the registrar of voters shall exclude those voters from the registrar's 
list. All warrants issued for elections, by the trustees must show that only the voters 
residing within the territorial limits of the district are entitled to vote. 
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Sec. 5. P&SL1945, c. 72, §10 is amended to read: 
Sec. 10. Annual meeting Of district; qualification of voters of district. 
After the acceptance of this charter and the organization of the board, the annual meeting 
of the district shall must be held within the district on the 1 st Monday of March at a date 
selected by the trustees, at such hour and place as may be designated by resolution of the 
board of trustees as provided in the by-laws. Notice thereof of the annual meeting; signed 
by the chainnan chair or clerk of the board, shall must be conspicuously posted in 2 
public places within the district, not less than 7 days before the meeting. Special meetings 
may be called by the board in like manner at any time, and notice of special meetings 
shaft must state the business to be transacted thereat at the meeting. Ten per cent of the 
voters qualified to vote in such meetings shall constitute constitutes a quorum. If for any 
reason a legally sufficient annual meeting is not held on the above date, a meeting in lieu 
thereofmav be called in like manner to be held within 2 months from said date. 
. SUMMARY 
This bill amends the charter of the Clinton Water District by amending the territorial 
limits. The bill amends how the salaries of the trustees and the treasurer are to be 
determined. It amends the time of the annual meeting and it corrects gender-specific 
language. 
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