An Act To
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 1834
Committee Amendment CA_A_H828 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1354, L.D. 1834, Bill, "An Act To 
Amend the Boothbay Region Water District Charter" 
Amend the bill by inserting after the enacting clause and before section 1 the 
following: 
'PART A' 
Amend the bill in section 5 in section 5 -A in the next to last line (page 2, line 21 in 
L.D.) by inserting after the following: "trustee." the following: 'Notwithstanding the 
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, section 6410, subsection 3 or any other provision of 
law, a municipal officer may initially be appointed to serve as a trustee under this 
section.' 
Amend the bill in section 7 in the first paragraph in the 2nd line (page 2, line 35 in 
L.D.) by striking out the following: "Act" and inserting the following: 'Part' 
Amend the bill in section 7 in the first paragraph in the 3rd and 4th lines (page 2, 
lines 36 and 37 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "territory described in section 1 of 
this Act" and inserting the following: 'Town of Boothbay, the Town of Boothbay Harbor 
and the TQwn of Southport' 
Amend the bill in section 7 in the first paragraph in the 9th line (page 2, line 42 in 
L.D.) by striking out the following: "Act" and inserting the following: 'Part' 
Amend the bill in section 7 in the first paragraph in the last line (page 3, line 3 in 
L.D.) by striking out the following: "Act" and inserting the following: 'Part' 
Amend the bill in section 7 in the last paragraph in the first line (page 3, line 12 in 
L.D.) by striking out the following: "Act" and inserting the following: 'Part' 
Amend the bill by adding after section 7 the following: 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT·A" to H.P, 1354, L.D, 1834 
'PARTB 
Sec. B-1. P&SL 2001, c. 15, §5, sub-§4-A is enacted to read: 
Sec.4-A. Municipal officers; trustees. Notwithstanding section 5, subsection 4 
and the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, section 6410, subsection 3, municiQill 
officers of the towns within the district are eligible for nomination and election as trustees 
of the district. 
Sec. B-2. Emergency clause; referenda; effective date. 
In view of the 
emergency cited in the preamble, this Part takes effect when approved only for the 
purpose of permitting its submission to the legal voters within the territory of the district. 
This Part may be submitted to the legal voters within the Town of Boothbay, the Town of 
Boothbay Harbor and the Town of Southport, only if Part A of this Act takes effect 
pursuant to the referendum in that Part, at each town's annual election or a special 
election called for that purpose within 2 years after the effective date of this Act. The 
election must be called by the municipal officers of the respective towns and must be held 
at the regular voting places, The election must be called, advertised and conducted 
according to the law relating to municipal elections, The registrars shall make a complete 
list of all the eligible voters of the district. The list prepared by the registrars governs the 
eligibility of a voter. For the purpose of registration of voters, the registrars of voters 
must be in session the secular day preceding the election, The subject matter of this Part 
is reduced to the following question: 
"Do you favor allowing municipal officers of the towns of the Boothbay 
Region Water District to be eligible for nomination and election as 
trustees of the Boothbay Region Water District?" 
The voters shall indicate by a cross or check mark placed against the words "Yes" or 
"No" their opinion of the same, 
The results must be declared by the municipal officers of the Town of Boothbay 
Harbor, the Town of Boothbay and the Town of Southport and due certificate of the 
results filed by the clerks with the Secretary of State, 
This Part takes effect for all purposes immediately upon its approval by a majority of 
the legal voters of each town voting at the election, Failure to achieve the necessary 
approval in any referendum does not prohibit subsequent referenda consistent with this 
section as long as the referenda are held within 2 years of the effective date of this Act.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively, 
SUMMARY 
This amendment subjects the eligibility of municipal officers of the towns of the 
Boothbay Region Water District to serve as trustees of the district to referendum, 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT