An Act Concerning Membership on the Board of Directors of the Lewiston-Auburn Water Pollution Control Authority
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 1362
Committee: Energy, Utilities and Technology
Sponsors: BRAKEY

Legislative Document 
No. 1362 
S.P. 495 
In Senate, April 23, 2015 
An Act Concerning Membership on the Board of Directors 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 
Secretary of the Senate 
Presented by Senator BRAKEY of Androscoggin. 
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 2011, c. 27, §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 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 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 
Auburn Sewerage District Trustees shall select another trustee or resident of Auburn 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 Trustees 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 changes the charter of the Lewiston-Auburn Water Pollution Control 
Authority in order to allow the Auburn Sewerage District Trustees to appoint a trustee or 
resident of Auburn to replace the president of the Auburn Sewerage District Trustees on 
the board of directors of the authority should the president decline to serve or resign as a 
member of the board.  In current law, the president appoints a successor, who must be a 
trustee.