An Act To Amend the Charter of the Limestone Water and Sewer District (AFTER DEADLINE)
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 1494
Committee: Utilities and Energy
Sponsors: MARTIN, JACKSON, AYOTTE

FIRST P~GULAR SESSIO~~-2009 
Legislative Document 
No. 1494 
H.P. 1050 
House of Representatives, June 11,2009 
An Act To Amend the Charter of the Limestone Water and Sewer 
District 
(AFTER DEADLINE) 
Approved for introduction by a maj Olity of the Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule. 
205. 
Reference to the Committee on Utilities and Energy suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Representative MARTIN of Eagle Lake. 
Cosponsored by Senator JACKSON of Aroostook and 
Representative: AYOTTE of Caswell. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
. Clerk 
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. P&SL 1957, c. 59, §8-A, sub-§§l and 2, as enacted by P&SL 2009, c. 
5, § I, is amended to read: 
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1. Composition of wastewater facility board. 
The wastewater facility board 
consists of the 3 members of the board of trustees and 2 appointed members. 
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appointed member must be appointed by the trustees of the Loring Development 
Authority of Maine, and one appointed meniber must be a member of the Limestone 
Board of Selectpeople appointed by the selectpeople. The 2 appointed mernbers serve 
without compensation and serve at the pleasure of their appointing entities and may be 
removed without cause by their appointing entities at any time. An appointed member 
who serves on the wastewater facility board is not eligible to serve as an officer of the 
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elected board oftruste'es. 
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2. Function of wa~tewater facility board. Whenever the board of trustees takes up 
matters concerning the management and oversight of the Greater Limestone Wastewater 
Treatment Facility, the board of trustees shall sit as the wastewater facility board. At si.lch 
times, the appointed members of the wastewater facility board are entitled to sit with the 
board of trustees and to speak an ' vote on those matters specifically relating to the 
Greater Limestone Wastewater Tr atment Facility, including, but not limited to,. The 
jurisdiction of the wastewater facility board is limited tei the operation and maintenance 
of that facility, compliance with environmental regulations applicable to that facility; rate 
changes and changes in the terms and conditions of wastewater service provided by the' 
district to the Loring Development Authority of Maine. All other affairs of the district, 
including the authority to borrow money, to issue bonds and notes and to appropriate and 
expend funds remain vested in the board of trustees, duly elected pursuant to section 8. 
Sec. 2. P&SL 1957, c. 59, §12, first sentence, as amended by P&SL 2009, c. 5, 
§2, is further amended to read: 
For accomplishing the purposes of this Act, the district,through -its the trustees, who 
are elected, is authorized to borrow money temporarily in an amount not to exceed 
$8,000,000, and to issue for the borrowing of money the interest-bearing negotiable, notes 
of the district and for the pUl'po~e of refunding the indebtedness so created, of paying any 
necessary expenses and liabilities incUiTed under this Act, including the expenses 
incurred in the creation of the district, in reimbursing the town, in acquiring the 
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properties, privileges and franchises of the Limestone Water and Sewer Compai1)', its 
successors or assigns, by purchase or otherwise, of securing sources of supply, taking 
water and land, paying damages, laying, pipes, constructing and maintaining and 
operating a water, sewerage and drainage system, and making extensions, additions and 
improvements to the same, the district through -its the trustees, who are elected, may from 
time to time issue bonds of the district to an amount necessary in the judgment of the 
trustees for the issuarice of bonds, maturing at one time or in uniform or varying 
installments with or without call provisions imd at or without any premium. 
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SUMMARY 
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This bill prohibits a person fi'om serving as an officer of the elected board of trustees 
oJ the Limestone Watt;!r and Sewer District if that person serves on the Greater Limestone 
Wastewater Treatment Facility Board. 
The bill also limits the jurisdiction of the wastewater facility board to the operation 
and maintenance of the facility, compliance with environmental regulations applicable to 
that facility, rate changes and changes in the terms and conditions of wastewater service 
provided by the district to the Loring Development Authority of-Maine. It also clarifies 
that the trustees, who are elected, r~main vested with authority over all other affairs of the 
district, including the authority to borrow money and issue bonds in the name of the 
district.