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38 ME Rev Stat § 1152-A (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION|Chapter 11: SANITARY DISTRICTS|Subchapter 3: POWERS|38 §1152-A. Procedure in exercise of right of eminent domain

 §1152-A. Procedure in exercise of right of eminent domain The right of eminent domain granted in section 1152 may only be exercised after complying with the following procedures.   [PL 1981, c. 466, §5 (NEW).]1.  Notice to owner.  The district shall provide notice to the owner as follows.   A. The owner or owners of record shall be notified as follows:   (1) The determination of the trustees that they will exercise the right of eminent domain;   (2) A description and scale map of the land or easement to be taken;   (3) The final amount offered for the land or easement to be taken, based on the fair value, as estimated by the district; and   (4) Notice of the time and place of the hearing provided in subsection 3.   [PL 1981, c. 466, §5 (NEW).]B. Notice may be made:   (1) By personal service in hand by an officer duly qualified to serve civil process in this State; or   (2) By certified mail, return receipt requested, to his last known address.   [PL 1981, c. 466, §5 (NEW).]C. Alternate notice. If the owner or owners are not known or if they cannot be notified by personal service or certified mail, notice may be given by publication in the same manner as provided in subsection 3.   [PL 1981, c. 466, §5 (NEW).][PL 1981, c. 466, §5 (NEW).] 2.  Notice to tenant.  Notice shall be made to any tenants in the same manner as for the owner.   [PL 1981, c. 466, §5 (NEW).] 3.  Hearing.  The trustees shall hold a public hearing on the advisability of the proposed exercise of the right of the eminent domain. Notice of the hearing shall be made by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of the taking and shall be given once a week for 2 successive weeks, the last publication to be at least 2 weeks prior to the time appointed in the hearing. The hearing notice shall include:   A. The time and place of the hearing;   [PL 1981, c. 466, §5 (NEW).]B. A description of the land or easement taken; and   [PL 1981, c. 466, §5 (NEW).]C. The owners, if known.   [PL 1981, c. 466, §5 (NEW).][PL 1981, c. 466, §5 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 466, §5 (NEW).
38 ME Rev Stat § 1153 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION|Chapter 11: SANITARY DISTRICTS|Subchapter 3: POWERS|38 §1153. Condemnation proceedings

 §1153. Condemnation proceedings Each sanitary district formed under this chapter, in exercising from time to time the right of eminent domain conferred upon it by section 1152, shall file in the office of the county commissioners of the county in which the property to be taken is located and cause to be recorded in the registry of deeds in said county plans of the location of all lands, real estate, easements or interest therein, and sewers, drains or conduits and any sewer or drainage rights to be taken, with an appropriate description and the names of the owners thereof, if known. When for any reason any such district fails to acquire property which it is authorized to take and which is described in such location, or if the location so recorded is defective and uncertain, it may, at any time, correct and perfect such location and file a new description thereof; and in such case any such district is liable in damages only for property for which the owner had not previously been paid, to be assessed as of the time of the original taking, and any such district shall not be liable for any acts which would have been justified if the original taking had been lawful. No entry shall be made on any private lands, except to make surveys, until the expiration of 10 days from such filing, whereupon possession may be had of all said lands, real estate, easements or interests therein and other property and rights as aforesaid to be taken, but title thereto shall not vest in the district until payment therefor.   [PL 1965, c. 310 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 310 (NEW).
38 ME Rev Stat § 1154 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION|Chapter 11: SANITARY DISTRICTS|Subchapter 3: POWERS|38 §1154. Appeal

 §1154. Appeal If a person sustaining damages by any taking by a sanitary district under section 1153 does not agree with the district upon the sum to be paid therefor, either party, upon petition to the county commissioners of the county in which the property is located, may have the damages assessed by them; the procedure and all subsequent proceedings and right of appeal thereon must be had under the same restrictions, conditions and limitations as are or may be by law prescribed in the case of damages by the laying out of highways by the county commissioners, except only:   [PL 2021, c. 293, Pt. B, §13 (RPR).]1.  Title not vested until payment.  Title to the lands, real estate, easements or interests therein and other property and rights to be taken do not vest in the district until payment to the owner of the amount awarded therefor or, if such payment is refused upon tender, until tender thereof to the treasurer of the county in which lands and interests are located, for escrow at interest for the benefit of the owner pending final determination of the amount to which the owner is entitled; and   [PL 2021, c. 293, Pt. B, §13 (NEW).] 2.  Appeal.  In the event of an appeal of the amount awarded as damages for such a taking:   A. The petition for assessment of damages must be filed with the clerk of the county commissioners, by either party, within 30 days following the filing and recording of plans of the location of all the property, facilities and rights taken; and   [PL 2021, c. 293, Pt. B, §13 (NEW).]B. If the return of the county commissioners has not been made within 120 days following the filing of the petition for assessment, the county commissioners must be conclusively presumed to have confirmed the award of damages by the district and either party may, within 30 days following that 120-day period, appeal the amount of the damages awarded by the district to the Superior Court.   [PL 2021, c. 293, Pt. B, §13 (NEW).][PL 2021, c. 293, Pt. B, §13 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 310 (NEW). PL 1983, c. 444 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 293, Pt. B, §13 (RPR).
38 ME Rev Stat § 1155 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION|Chapter 11: SANITARY DISTRICTS|Subchapter 3: POWERS|38 §1155. Crossing other public utilities

 §1155. Crossing other public utilities If any sewer line of any sanitary district formed under this chapter crosses the property or line of any other public utility, unless consent is given by such other public utility as to place, manner and conditions of the crossing within 30 days after such consent is requested by such district, the Public Utilities Commission shall determine the place, manner and conditions of such crossing; and all work on the property of such public utility shall be done under the supervision and to the satisfaction of such public utility, but at the expense of the district. If any sewer line of any sanitary district as provided above crosses the property or line of any railroad corporation, the procedure shall be the same as stated in the preceding sentence, except that the Department of Transportation shall be substituted for the Public Utilities Commission. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as authorizing any such sanitary district to take by right of eminent domain any of the property or facilities of any other public utility used, or acquired for future use by the owner thereof, in the performance of a public duty unless expressly authorized by special Act of the Legislature.   [PL 1981, c. 469, §61 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 310 (NEW). PL 1981, c. 469, §61 (AMD).
38 ME Rev Stat § 1156 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION|Chapter 11: SANITARY DISTRICTS|Subchapter 3: POWERS|38 §1156. Entry of private sewer

 §1156. Entry of private sewer Any person may enter his private sewer into any sewer of a sanitary district formed under this chapter while the same is under construction and before completion of such sewer at the point of entry, on obtaining a permit in writing from the trustees of the district; but after the sewer is completed to the point of entry and an entrance charge established on that location, no person shall enter his private sewer into such sewer until he has paid the entrance charge and obtained a permit in writing from the trustees. All such permits shall be recorded by the clerk of the district in its records before the same are issued.   [PL 1965, c. 310 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 310 (NEW).
38 ME Rev Stat § 1157 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION|Chapter 11: SANITARY DISTRICTS|Subchapter 3: POWERS|38 §1157. Contracts for disposal of sewage

 §1157. Contracts for disposal of sewage Any sanitary district formed under this chapter is authorized to contract with persons, corporations, districts and other municipalities, both inside and outside the boundaries of the district, and with the State of Maine and the United States Government or any agency of either, to provide for disposal of sewage and commercial and industrial waste and storm and surface water through the district's system and through the system of any such person, corporation, district or other municipality; and every other district and municipality of the State of Maine is authorized to contract with such sanitary district for the collection, distribution, treatment and disposal of sewage and commercial and industrial waste and storm and surface water, and for said purposes any such municipality may raise money as for other municipal charges.   [PL 1965, c. 310 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 310 (NEW).
38 ME Rev Stat § 1158 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION|Chapter 11: SANITARY DISTRICTS|Subchapter 3: POWERS|38 §1158. Conditions for carrying out work

 §1158. Conditions for carrying out work When any sanitary district formed under this chapter shall enter, dig up or excavate any public way or other land for the purpose of laying its sewers, drains or pipes, constructing manholes or catch basins or their appurtenances, or maintaining the same, or for any other purpose, the work shall be done expeditiously, and on completion of the work the district shall restore said way or land to the condition it was in prior to such work, or to a condition equally as good. Whenever the character of the work is such as to endanger travel on any public way, the municipal officers of the municipality in which the work is being done, or, if such work is being done in unorganized territory, the commissioners of the county wherein such unorganized territory is located, may order a temporary closing of such way, and of any intersecting way, upon request of said district, and the way shall remain closed to public travel until such municipal officers or county commissioners, as the case may be, deem it restored to a condition safe for traffic.   [PL 1967, c. 524, §7 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 310 (NEW). PL 1967, c. 524, §7 (AMD).
38 ME Rev Stat § 1159 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION|Chapter 11: SANITARY DISTRICTS|Subchapter 3: POWERS|38 §1159. Inspection of sewers

 §1159. Inspection of sewers The officers or agents of each sanitary district formed under this chapter shall have free access to all premises served by its sewers, at all reasonable hours, for inspection of plumbing and sewage fixtures, to ascertain the quality and quantity of sewage discharged and the manner of discharge, and to enforce this chapter and the rules and regulations prescribed by the trustees of the district.   [PL 1979, c. 541, Pt. A, §273 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 310 (NEW). PL 1979, c. 541, §A273 (AMD).
38 ME Rev Stat § 1160 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION|Chapter 11: SANITARY DISTRICTS|Subchapter 3: POWERS|38 §1160. Connection of private sewers

 §1160. Connection of private sewers Every building in a sanitary district formed under this chapter intended for human habitation or occupancy or with facilities for discharge or disposal of waste water or commercial or industrial waste, which is accessible to a sewer or drain of such district, shall have a sanitary sewer or drainage system which shall be caused to be connected with such sewer or drain of the district by the owner or person against whom taxes on the premises are assessed, in the most direct manner possible, within 90 days after receiving request therefor from the district, or within such further time as the trustees of the district may grant, and, if feasible, with a separate connection for each such building. Existing buildings which are already served by a private sewer or drainage system shall not be required to connect with any sewer or drain of the district so long as the private sewer or drainage system functions in a satisfactory and sanitary manner, and does not violate any law or ordinance applicable thereto or any applicable requirement of the State of Maine Plumbing Code, as determined by the municipal plumbing inspector, his alternate, or, in the event that both are trustees or employees of the district, the Division of Health Engineering. A building shall be deemed to be accessible to a sewer or drain of the district for the purposes of this section if such building, or any private sewer or drain directly or indirectly connected thereto or carrying waste water or commercial or industrial waste therefrom, shall at any point be or come within 200 feet of a sewer or drain of the district; provided that nothing in this section shall require the owner of any such building to acquire any real property or easement therein for the sole purpose of making such connection.   [PL 1985, c. 612, §18 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 310 (NEW). PL 1981, c. 466, §§6,7 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 612, §18 (AMD).
38 ME Rev Stat § 1161 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION|Chapter 11: SANITARY DISTRICTS|Subchapter 3: POWERS|38 §1161. Injury to property of districts

 §1161. Injury to property of districts Any person who shall place, discharge or leave any offensive or injurious matter or material on or in the conduits, catch basins or receptacles of any sanitary district formed under this chapter contrary to its regulations, or shall knowingly injure any conduit, pipe, reservoir, flush tank, catch basin, manhole, outlet, engine, pump or other property held, owned or used by that district shall be liable to pay twice the amount of the damages to the district, to be recovered in any proper action; and that person and any person who violates section 1159 and 1160 shall be guilty of a Class E crime.   [PL 1977, c. 696, §347 (RPR).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 310 (NEW). PL 1977, c. 696, §347 (RPR).
38 ME Rev Stat § 1162 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION|Chapter 11: SANITARY DISTRICTS|Subchapter 3: POWERS|38 §1162. Expansion of sanitary district boundaries

 §1162. Expansion of sanitary district boundaries A sanitary district may expand the boundaries of the sanitary district in the same manner as is provided for the formation of the sanitary district in section 1101.   [PL 1981, c. 466, §8 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 466, §8 (NEW).
38 ME Rev Stat § 1163-A (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION|Chapter 11: SANITARY DISTRICTS|Subchapter 3: POWERS|38 §1163-A. Coordination with municipal planning

 §1163-A. Coordination with municipal planning To facilitate coordination of municipal planning and sewer extension planning:   [PL 1993, c. 721, Pt. B, §4 (NEW); PL 1993, c. 721, Pt. H, §1 (AFF).]1.  Sanitary districts.  The trustees of a sanitary district shall cooperate with municipal officials in the development of municipal growth management and other land use plans and ordinances; and   [PL 1993, c. 721, Pt. B, §4 (NEW); PL 1993, c. 721, Pt. H, §1 (AFF).] 2.  Municipalities.  Municipal officers shall cooperate with the trustees of a sanitary district during the consideration of development applications that may affect the operations of the district.   [PL 1993, c. 721, Pt. B, §4 (NEW); PL 1993, c. 721, Pt. H, §1 (AFF).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1993, c. 721, §B4 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 721, §H1 (AFF).
38 ME Rev Stat § 1202-A (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION|Chapter 11: SANITARY DISTRICTS|Subchapter 4: BONDS, RATES AND ASSESSMENTS|38 §1202-A. Impact fees and connection fees; affordable housing

 §1202-A. Impact fees and connection fees; affordable housing Notwithstanding section 1202, the trustees may reduce the impact fee or connection fee, as those terms are defined in Title 30-A, section 5061, for sewer service to newly constructed affordable housing in accordance with Title 30-A, chapter 202-A.   [PL 2007, c. 174, §4 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2007, c. 174, §4 (NEW).
38 ME Rev Stat § 1204 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION|Chapter 11: SANITARY DISTRICTS|Subchapter 4: BONDS, RATES AND ASSESSMENTS|38 §1204. Appeal on assessment

 §1204. Appeal on assessment Any person aggrieved by the decision of said trustees as it relates to any assessment for sewer construction under section 1203 shall have the same rights of appeal as are provided in the case of laying out of town ways.   [PL 1965, c. 310 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 310 (NEW).
38 ME Rev Stat § 1205 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION|Chapter 11: SANITARY DISTRICTS|Subchapter 4: BONDS, RATES AND ASSESSMENTS|38 §1205. Lien for unpaid assessments

 §1205. Lien for unpaid assessments All assessments made under section 1203 shall create a lien upon each and every lot or parcel of land so assessed and the buildings upon the same, which lien shall take effect when the trustees file with the clerk of the district the completed assessment, and shall continue for one year thereafter. Within 10 days after the date of hearing on said assessment the clerk of the district shall make out a list of all such assessments, the amount of each, and the name of the person against whom the same is assessed, and he shall certify the list and deliver it to the treasurer of said district. If said assessments are not paid within 3 months from the date thereof, the treasurer may bring a civil action for the collection of said assessment in the name of the district against the person against whom said assessment is made and for the enforcement of said lien. The complaint in such action shall contain a statement of such assessment, a description of the real estate against which the assessment is made, and an allegation that a lien is claimed on said real estate to secure the payment of the assessment. If no service is made upon the defendant or it shall appear that any other persons are interested in such real estate, the court shall order such further notice of such action as appears proper, and shall allow such other persons to become parties thereto. If it shall appear upon trial of such action that such assessment was legally made against said real estate, and is unpaid, and that there is an existing lien on said real estate for the payment of such assessment, judgment shall be rendered for such assessment, interest and costs of suit against the defendants and against the real estate upon which the assessment was made, and execution shall issue thereon to be enforced by sale of such estate in the manner provided for a sale on execution of real estate attached on original process; provided that in making said sale the officer shall follow the procedure in selling and conveying, and there shall be the same rights of redemption, as provided in Title 36, section 941.   [PL 1979, c. 541, Pt. A, §274 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 310 (NEW). PL 1979, c. 541, §A274 (AMD).
38 ME Rev Stat § 1206 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION|Chapter 11: SANITARY DISTRICTS|Subchapter 4: BONDS, RATES AND ASSESSMENTS|38 §1206. Civil action for unpaid assessments

 §1206. Civil action for unpaid assessments If assessments under section 1203 are not paid, and any such district does not proceed to collect unpaid assessments by proceedings as prescribed in section 1205, or does not collect or is in any manner delayed or defeated in collecting such assessments by proceedings under section 1205, then the district in its name may maintain a civil action against the party so assessed for the amount of said assessment, as for money paid, laid out and expended, in any court of competent jurisdiction, and in such action may recover the amount of such assessment with 10% interest on the same from the date of said assessment and costs.   [PL 1979, c. 541, Pt. A, §275 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 310 (NEW). PL 1979, c. 541, §A275 (AMD).
38 ME Rev Stat § 1207 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION|Chapter 11: SANITARY DISTRICTS|Subchapter 4: BONDS, RATES AND ASSESSMENTS|38 §1207. Assessment paid by persons other than owner

 §1207. Assessment paid by persons other than owner When any assessment under section 1203 shall be paid by any person against whom such assessment has been made, who is not the owner of such lot or parcel of land, then the person so paying the same shall have a lien upon such lot or parcel of land with the buildings thereon for the amount of said assessment so paid by said person, and incidental charges, which lien shall continue for one year and which lien may be enforced in a civil action for money paid, laid out and expended, and by attachment in the way and manner provided for the enforcement of liens upon buildings and lots under Title 10.   [PL 1965, c. 310 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 310 (NEW).
38 ME Rev Stat § 1207-A (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION|Chapter 11: SANITARY DISTRICTS|Subchapter 4: BONDS, RATES AND ASSESSMENTS|38 §1207-A. Landlord access to tenant bill payment information

 §1207-A. Landlord access to tenant bill payment information If a tenant is billed for sewer service provided to property rented by the tenant and nonpayment for the service may result in a lien against the property, the sanitary district shall provide to the landlord or the landlord's agent, on request of the landlord or the landlord's agent, the current status of the tenant's account, including any amounts due or overdue.   [PL 2005, c. 306, §3 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2005, c. 306, §3 (NEW).
38 ME Rev Stat § 1208-A (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION|Chapter 11: SANITARY DISTRICTS|Subchapter 4: BONDS, RATES AND ASSESSMENTS|38 §1208-A. Waiver of automatic foreclosure of lien mortgage

 §1208-A. Waiver of automatic foreclosure of lien mortgage 1.  Waiver of sanitary district lien foreclosure.  The treasurer of a district, when authorized by the trustees of the district, may waive the foreclosure of a sanitary district lien mortgage created under section 1208 by recording in the registry of deeds a waiver of foreclosure before the period for the right of redemption from the sanitary district lien mortgage has expired. The sanitary district lien mortgage remains in full effect after the recording of a waiver. Other methods established by law for the collection of any unpaid rate, toll, rent or other charges are not affected by the filing of a waiver under this section.   [PL 2009, c. 490, §2 (NEW).] 2.  Form.  The waiver of foreclosure under subsection 1 must be substantially in the following form:STATE OF MAINE .....................SANITARY DISTRICTWAIVER OF AUTOMATIC FORECLOSUREOF SEWER LIENTitle 38, M.R.S.A., section 1208-A  The foreclosure of the sewer lien mortgage on real estate for charges against ..........(NAME) to ..........(NAME OF SANITARY DISTRICT) dated .......... and recorded in the .......... County Registry of Deeds in Book .........., Page .......... is hereby waived.   The form must be dated, signed by the treasurer of the district and notarized. A copy of the form must be provided to the party named on the sanitary district lien mortgage and each record holder of a mortgage on the real estate.   [PL 2009, c. 490, §2 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2009, c. 490, §2 (NEW).