An Act To Amend the Charter of the Anson Water District
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 1018
Committee: Energy, Utilities and Technology
Sponsors: DUNPHY, CURTIS, WHITTEMORE, FOSTER, MAKER, O'CONNOR, SANDERSON, WINTLE

Legislative Document 
No. 1018 
H.P. 754 
House of Representatives, March 10, 2011 
An Act To Amend the Charter of the Anson Water District 
Reference to the Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology suggested and ordered 
printed. 
HEATHER J.R. PRIEST 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative DUNPHY of Embden. 
Cosponsored by Representative CURTIS of Madison, Senator WHITTEMORE of Somerset 
and Representatives: FOSTER of Augusta, MAKER of Calais, McCLELLAN of Raymond, 
O'CONNOR of Berwick, SANDERSON of Chelsea, WINTLE of Garland. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  P&SL 1915, c. 200, §1, as amended by P&SL 2005, c. 51, §1, is further 
amended to read: 
Sec. 1.  Anson Water District created; purposes; territory.  The following 
described territory and the inhabitants within the same constitute a body politic and 
corporate under the name of the Anson Water District, for the purpose of supplying the 
inhabitants of the district with pure water for domestic, sanitary and municipal purposes, 
to wit:  So much of the Town of Anson, in Somerset County, as is described as follows: 
Starting at the intersection of New Portland Road and the Anson town 
line bordering the Town of Embden; thence in a southeasterly direction 
along New Portland Road to a point 69º55'12.66"W, 44º52'27.82"N 
44º51'32.58"N; thence in a southwesterly direction to a point 
69º55'27.95"W, 44º49'7.33"N 69º55'28.44"W, 44º49'6.98"N; thence in a 
southerly direction to the intersection of Pease Hill Road and West Mills 
Road; thence in a southwesterly direction along West Mills Road to the 
intersection of West Mills Road and Mayhew Road; thence in a southerly 
direction along Mayhew Road to the intersection of Mayhew Road and 
the Anson town line bordering the Town of Starks; thence in a 
northeasterly direction along the Anson town line to the border of the 
Town of Madison; thence in a northerly direction along the Anson town 
line bordering the Town of Madison to the corner of the Anson town line 
bordering the Town of Embden and the Town of Solon; thence in a 
southwesterly direction along the Anson town line to the starting point. 
Sec. 2.  P&SL 1915, c. 200, §6, as amended by P&SL 2005, c. 51, §3, is repealed 
and the following enacted in its place: 
Sec. 6.  Board of trustees.  All the affairs of the water district are managed by a 
board of trustees composed of 3 members, who are residents and voters in the district, to 
be chosen by secret ballot according to the provision of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 
30-A, section 2528.  Whenever the term of office of a trustee expires by the trustee's 
removal from the water district or otherwise, the legal voters of the water district shall 
elect a successor according to the provisions of the Title 30-A, section 2528 to serve for a 
full term of 3 years; and if any other vacancy occurs, it may be filled in like manner for 
the unexpired term.  The annual meeting occurs at a time and place designated by the 
trustees.  The annual meeting for the election of officers occurs at a time and place 
designated by the trustees.  As soon as is convenient after the board of trustees has been 
elected, the trustees shall hold a meeting and organize by the election of a chair and clerk, 
adopt a corporate seal and choose a treasurer and all other needful officers and agents for 
the proper management of the affairs of the water district.  Each member is entitled to 
compensation as set by the trustees for the member's services for each and every regular 
and special meeting of the board at which the member is in attendance.  The water 
district, at any legal meeting of the water district called for the purpose, may adopt such 
bylaws and provisions, not inconsistent with the Constitution of Maine and laws of this 
State and of the United States, as the water district may determine expedient and 
necessary for the good government and regulation of the affairs of the water district, in 
which case, the bylaws and provisions so adopted apply to the water district as fully, to 
all intents and purposes, as the other provisions of this Act, subject to alterations and 
additions, only by a 2/3 vote of all the legal voters of the water district present and voting 
at a legal meeting of the water district called for the purpose. 
SUMMARY 
This bill amends the Anson Water District charter to provide that trustees are elected 
according to municipal election law.  The bill provides that trustees may hold their annual 
meeting and their elections at a time and place called by the trustees.  The bill fixes errors 
in the description of the district's territory.