An Act To Amend the Charter of the Lewiston-Auburn Water Pollution Control Authority
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 1901
Committee: Energy, Utilities and Technology
Sponsors: BEAULIEU, BICKFORD, BOLDUC, DUNPHY, HAMPER, MALABY

Legislative Document 
No. 1901 
H.P. 1403 
House of Representatives, March 26, 2012 
An Act To Amend the Charter of the Lewiston-Auburn Water 
Pollution Control Authority 
(AFTER DEADLINE) 
Approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule 
205. 
Reference to the Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology suggested and ordered 
printed. 
HEATHER J.R. PRIEST 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative BEAULIEU of Auburn. 
Cosponsored by Representatives: BICKFORD of Auburn, BOLDUC of Auburn, DUNPHY of 
Embden, HAMPER of Oxford, MALABY of Hancock. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  P&SL 1967, c. 92, §14, first ¶, as amended by P&SL 2001, c. 6, §1, is 
further amended to read: 
Sec. 14.  Lewiston-Auburn Water Pollution Control Board.  The authority is 
under the management and direction of a board of directors, which is known as the 
Lewiston-Auburn Water Pollution Control Board, also referred to as "the board" or "the 
board of the authority."  The board consists of 7 members.  The director of the Lewiston 
Department of Public Works, the City Administrator or acting City Administrator of the 
City of Lewiston or the Assistant City Administrator, if designated by the City 
Administrator or serving as acting City Administrator during a vacancy in the office of 
another employee of the City of Lewiston designated by the City Administrator, the 
superintendent and the president of the Auburn Sewerage District and the City Manager 
or acting City Manager of the City of Auburn or the Assistant City Manager, if 
designated by the City Manager or serving as acting City Manager during a vacancy in 
the office of another employee of the City of Auburn designated by the City Manager, are 
members of the board by virtue of their respective offices.  If the president of the Auburn 
Sewerage District Trustees declines to serve or resigns as a member of the board of the 
authority, the president shall select another trustee to serve for the remainder of the term.  
Notice of the appointment must be given in writing by the clerk of the Auburn Sewerage 
District to the board of the authority.  The Mayor of Lewiston shall appoint, subject to 
confirmation of the city council, a qualified voter of the City of Lewiston to serve for a 2-
year term on the board of the authority and thereafter until a successor takes office. In the 
event that either the Lewiston resident so selected or the appointee of the president of the 
Auburn Sewerage District ceases to be a resident of that person's respective city, or dies, 
becomes incapacitated, or otherwise ceases to be a member of the Auburn Sewerage 
District Trustees, or if the president of the Auburn Sewerage District dies or becomes 
incapacitated while serving on the board of the authority, a successor must be elected to 
serve out the remainder of the term by the Mayor and City Council of Lewiston or the 
Auburn Sewerage District Trustees, as the case may be. 
SUMMARY 
This bill amends the charter of the Lewiston-Auburn Water Pollution Control 
Authority to permit the acting City Administrator of the City of Lewiston or acting City 
Manager of the City of Auburn or those officials' designees to serve on the board of 
trustees of the authority when the office of City Administrator or City Manager is vacant.