An Act To Author~e the Annexation of a Portion of-Redington Township in Franklin County to the Town of Carrabassett VaHey
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 0741
Committee: State and Local Government
Sponsors: GOOLEY, PINKHAM

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124th MAl ELEGISLATU 
Legislative Document 
No. 741 
S.P.288 
In Senate, February 26,2009 
An Act To Author~e the Annexation of a Portion of-Redington 
Township in Franklin County to the Town of Carrabassett VaHey 
(EMERGENCy) 
Reference to the Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Senator GOOLEY of Franklin. 
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JOY 1. O'BRIEN 
Secretary of the Senate 
Cosponsored by Representative PINKHAM of Lexington Township. 
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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, it is the purpose of this legislation to allow the inhabitants of the town 
concerned to join in the governing of their own affairs and desirable that the referendum 
for ratification of the proposed annexation be permitted as soon as possible; and 
Whereas, in thejudgment 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 th~ public peace, health and safety; now, 
therefore, 
lOBe it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec; 1. A portion of Redington Township, Township Tl R2, West of 
Bingham's Kennebec Purchase annexed to the Town.of Canabassett Valley. 
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The unorganized territory consisting of that portion of Redington Township, Township 
T1 R2, West of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase in Franklin County being all that tract or 
parcel of land which lies northerly of the northerly line of land acquired by the United 
States of America by declaration of taking from Hudson Pulp and Paper Corp., a Maine 
corporation, et aI., is annexed to the Town of Carrabassett Valley. 
Sec. 2. Responsibility of State. The State shaH assume responsibility for any 
outstanding indebtedness of Redington Township, Township TI R2, at the time of 
annexation. The Town of Carrabassett Valley shall be responsible for obligations after 
the amiexation. 
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,Sec. 3. Planning costs to be absorbed by the Town of Carrabassett VaHey. 
All costs associated with the transfer of jurisdiction over lands in Redington Township, 
Township T1 R2, West of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase in Franklin County from the 
Maine Land Use Regulation Commission to the Town of Carrabassett Valley must be 
borne by the Town of Carrabassett Valley. 
Sec. 4. Comprehensive pian. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 
12, chapter 206-A, the Maine Land Use Regulation Commission retains no authority over 
the comprehensive plan or any land use activity in the Town of Carrabassett Valley. 
Sec. 5. Expedited permitting. The annexed portions of Redington Township, 
Township T1 R2, specified in this Act must be included in the expedited permitting area 
defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, section 3451, subsection 3. 
Sec. 6. 
Referendum; emergency clause; effective date; certificate to 
Secretary of State. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this Act takes 
effect when approved, only for the purpose of permitting its submission to the legal 
voters of the Town of Carrabassett Valley. There are, no ,legal voters ,in Redington 
Township, Township T1 R2. This Act ,must be submitted to the legal voters in the ToWn 
of Carrabassett Valley at a town referendum after the passage of this Act for the purposes 
of voting on the annexation described in section 1 of this Act. Warrants must be issued 
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for the town meeting in the manner now provided by law for the holding of such 
meetings, notifying and warning the qualified voters of the town to :vote on the approval' 
or rejection of this Act. If the referendum fails, it may not be submitted again to the 
voters under the provisions of this Act. 
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The subject matter of this Act is reduced to the following question: 
"Do you favor annexation by the Town of Carrabassett Valley of certain portions of 
Redington Township, T1 R2, West of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase in Franklin 
County, being all that tract or parcel of land which lies northerly of the northerly line· 
of land acquir~d by the· United States of America by declaration of taking from 
Hudson Pulp and Paper Corp., a Maine corporation, et al.?" 
The municipal officers of the town shall declare the result of the vote and the town 
clerk shall file due certificates of the vote with the Secretary of State within 10 days of 
the date of the vote. 
This Act takes effect for all purposes immediately upon. its 
acceptance by a majority of the legal votes in the Town of Carra bassett Valley. 
SUMMARY 
\ This bill authorizes the annexation of a portion of Redington Township, Township T1 
. R2, West of Bingham's Kennebec Purchase in Franklin County by the Town of 
Carrabassett Valley subject to referendum.