An Act To Amend the Charter ofthe Addison Point Water District
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 1317
Committee: Utilities and Energy
Sponsors: TILTON, RA YE, BURNS, FOSSEL

Legislative Document 
No. 1317 
H.P.920 
House of Representatives, March 31, 2009 
An Act To Amend the Charter ofthe Addison Point Water District 
Reference to the Committee on Utilities and Energy suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Representative TILTON of Harrington. 
Cosponsored by Senator RA YE of Washington and 
Representatives: BURNS of Whiting, FOSSEL of Alna. 
Printed on rccydctl p<.Iper" 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk· 
Be it enacted by the People of t"e State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. P&SL 1953, c. 73, §7 is repealed and the following enacted in its place: 
Sec. 7. Board of trustees. All the affairs of the district are managed by a board of 
trustees. Trustees are elected one for 3 years, 2 for 2 years and 2 for one year at the 
annual meeting of the district. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, 
section 6410, subsection 1, when the term of office of a: trustee expires, the trustee's 
successor is elected at large by a plurality vote of the voters of the district at the annual 
meeting. A vacancy is filled in the same manner for the unexpired term by a special 
election called by the trustees. Notice of annual meetings and special elections to elect 
trustees must be published not less than 2 weeks before the meeting or election. 
The trustees of the. district. shall elect a chair from. among the trustees and eJect a 
treasurer who mayor may not be a trustee and fix the treasurer's salary. 
Sec. 2. P&SL 1953, c. 73, §8 is repealed and the following enacted in its place: 
Sec. 8. Annuahneeting. The board of trustees may hold an annual meeting upon 
days' public notice to elect trustees and transact any other business as may properly 
come before the board. Ten percent of the voters qualified to vote at such meetings 
constitutes a quorum. 
Sec. 3. P&SL 1953, c. 73, §12 is repealed and the following enacted in its place: 
Sec. 12. Authorized to receive government aid, borrow money and issue 
bonds and notes. The district, through its trustees, in order to pay necessary expenses 
and liabilities incurred in accordance with the purposes of its incorporation, may receive 
state and federal aid or grants and may borrow money temporarily and issue for the 
money its negotiable notes in order to renew and refund the debt created. 
The district, through its trustees, may .also issue, in accordance with the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, chapter 9 and section 6413, bonds; notes or other evidences 
of indebtedness of the district. The trustees shall determine the amount or amounts of the 
indebtedness, the rate or rates of interest, whether the instrument' will be sold at par or at a 
discount or'a premium, the manner of the sale, including whether the sale will be public 
or private and any other terms and provisions of the offering. The trustees shall determirie 
whether the debt will be issued to mature serially or made to run for a term of years. The 
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.. district's debt instruments may be issued with or without provisions for calling the debt 
prior to maturity; If the debt is callable, the trustees shall determine whether it will be 
callable at par or at a premium. 
All bonds, notes or other .evidences of indebtedness must have inscribed upon their 
face the corporate name of the district, as specified in the charter creating the district, and 
be signed by the treasurer and countersigned by the chair of the board of trustees of the 
district. If coupon bonds are issued, the interest coupon attached to the. coupon bonds 
must bear the facsimile signature of the treasurer. 
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All bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness issued by the district' in 
accordance with this section are legal obligations of the district within the meaning of 
Title 30-A, section 570 I. All bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness issued by 
the district are legal investments for savings banks in this State and are exempt from state 
income tax. 
The district, through its trustees, may refund and reissue, from time to time, in one or 
in separate series, its bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness, and each 
authorized issue constitutes a separate loan. 
Sec. 4. P&SL 1953, c. 73, §14 is repealed and the following enacted in its place: 
Sec. 14. Rates. The rates of the district must be established in accordance with the 
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, chapter 61. The rates must be sufficient to orovide 
revenue to the district to carlY out the purposes of its incorporation, without the need for 
any financial assistance from any municipality, other than the normal payment of water 
charges for services rendered and any loan or loans provided to the district for initial 
funds as set forth in section 6412. All customers of the-district shall pay to the treasurer or 
other designated officer of the district the rates established by the district. 
Sec. 5. Transition; trustees in office. Trustees of the Addison Point 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 this Act. 
SUMMARY 
This bill amends the chal1er of the Addison Point Water District. It allows the district 
to have an annual meeting at the discretion of the trustees and requires that the trustees 
are elected at the annual meeting or a special meeting if a vacancy occurs before the term 
of a trustee expires. It gives the trustees the authority to elect a treasurer' and set the 
compensation for the treasurer. It requires the district to set rates in accorqance with the 
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, chapter 61. It authorizes the district to issue bonds 
and other indebtedness in accordance with Title 35-A, chapter 9 and section 6413.