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38 ME Rev Stat § 1049 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION|Chapter 10: STANDARD SEWER DISTRICT ENABLING ACT|Subchapter 4: RATES AND FEES|38 §1049. Waiver of sewer district lien foreclosure

 §1049. Waiver of sewer district lien foreclosure A sewer district, including but not limited to a qualified sewer district subject to section 1050, may use the following provisions to waive a lien foreclosure.   [PL 2013, c. 555, §6 (NEW).]1.  Waiver.  The treasurer of a sewer district, including a qualified sewer district, when authorized by the trustees of the sewer district, may waive the foreclosure of a sewer district lien mortgage created pursuant to the sewer district's charter by recording in the registry of deeds a waiver of foreclosure before the period for the right of redemption from the lien mortgage has expired. The lien mortgage remains in full effect after the recording of a waiver. Other methods established by law for the collection of any unpaid rate are not affected by the filing of a waiver under this section.   [PL 2013, c. 555, §6 (NEW).] 2.  Form.  The waiver of foreclosure under subsection 1 must be substantially in the following form.   The foreclosure of the sewer lien mortgage on real estate for charges against........................(NAME) to................(NAME OF SEWER 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 sewer district and notarized. A copy of the form must be provided to the party named on the lien mortgage and each record holder of a mortgage on the real estate.   [PL 2013, c. 555, §6 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2013, c. 555, §6 (NEW).
38 ME Rev Stat § 1051 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION|Chapter 10: STANDARD SEWER DISTRICT ENABLING ACT|Subchapter 4: RATES AND FEES|38 §1051. Landlord access to tenant bill payment information; applicable to all sewer districts

 §1051. Landlord access to tenant bill payment information; applicable to all sewer districts 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 sewer 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 2013, c. 555, §6 (NEW).]This section is deemed to be incorporated into the private and special laws governing a sewer district, and any part of a sewer district charter not in conformity with this section is void, unless the sewer district's charter expressly references this section or former section 1252, subsection 11 and specifically provides that this subsection or former section 1252, subsection 11 does not apply.   [PL 2013, c. 555, §6 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2013, c. 555, §6 (NEW).
38 ME Rev Stat § 1053 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION|Chapter 10: STANDARD SEWER DISTRICT ENABLING ACT|Subchapter 5: BONDS, INVESTMENT AND DEBT LIMIT|38 §1053. Debt limit; approval by voters of a standard district

 §1053. Debt limit; approval by voters of a standard district 1.  Debt limit proposed.  Prior to issuing on behalf of a standard district any bond, note or other evidence of indebtedness payable within a period of more than 12 months after the date of issuance, the trustees shall propose a debt limit for the standard district that the trustees must submit for approval in a districtwide referendum. The referendum must be called, advertised and conducted according to the law relating to municipal elections in Title 30-A, chapter 121, except the standard district's registrar of voters is not required to prepare or the clerk to post a new list of voters. The referendum may be held outside the territory of the standard district if the usual voting place for persons located in the standard district is located outside the territory of the standard district. For the purpose of registering voters, the registrar of voters must be in session on the regular workday preceding the election. The question presented must be in substantially the following form:"Do you favor establishing the debt limit of the (insert name of standard district) at (insert amount)?"  The voters shall indicate by a cross or check mark placed against the word "Yes" or "No" their opinion on the question.   [PL 2013, c. 555, §6 (NEW).] 2.  Results declared.  The results of the referendum held under subsection 1 must be declared by the trustees and entered upon the standard district's records. Due certificate of the results must be filed by the clerk with the Secretary of State.   [PL 2013, c. 555, §6 (NEW).] 3.  Effective date.  A debt limit proposal becomes effective upon its acceptance by a majority of the legal voters within the standard district voting at the referendum. Failure of approval by the majority of voters voting at the referendum does not prevent subsequent referenda from being held for the same purpose. The costs of referenda are borne by the standard district.   [PL 2013, c. 555, §6 (NEW).] 4.  Total debt.  Trustees may not issue any bond, note or other evidence of indebtedness payable within a period of more than 12 months after the date of issuance unless the total amount of the debt issued by the trustees is no more than the amount approved by referendum under this section.   [PL 2013, c. 555, §6 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2013, c. 555, §6 (NEW).
38 ME Rev Stat § 1054 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION|Chapter 10: STANDARD SEWER DISTRICT ENABLING ACT|Subchapter 5: BONDS, INVESTMENT AND DEBT LIMIT|38 §1054. Authority to increase debt limits; sewer districts

 §1054. Authority to increase debt limits; sewer districts 1.  Debt limit.  Notwithstanding any provision of a sewer district's charter to the contrary, a sewer district may increase its debt limit by referendum in accordance with this section. A sewer district is not required to use the procedure provided by this section and may seek to increase its debt limit by any other lawful means, including pursuant to any other means described in the sewer district's charter or by seeking legislative amendment to its charter.   [PL 2013, c. 555, §6 (NEW).] 2.  Referendum.  If a sewer district chooses to increase its debt limit pursuant to this section, the governing body of the sewer district shall propose a new debt limit and submit the proposal for approval at a districtwide referendum. The referendum must be called, advertised and conducted according to the law relating to municipal elections in Title 30-A, chapter 121, except the registrar of voters is not required to prepare or the clerk to post a new list of voters. The referendum may be held outside the territory of the sewer district if the usual voting place for persons located within the sewer district is located outside the territory of the sewer district. For the purpose of registering voters, the registrar of voters must be in session on the regular work day preceding the election. The question presented must conform to the following:"Do you favor changing the debt limit of the (insert name of sewer district) from (insert current debt limit) to (insert proposed debt limit)?"  The voters shall indicate by a cross or check mark placed against the word "Yes" or "No" their opinion on the question.   The results must be declared by the governing body of the sewer district and entered upon the sewer district's records. Due certificate of results must be filed by the clerk with the Secretary of State.   [PL 2013, c. 555, §6 (NEW).] 3.  Approval.  A debt limit proposal becomes effective upon its acceptance by a majority of the legal voters within the sewer district voting at the referendum. Failure of approval by the majority of legal voters voting at the referendum does not prevent subsequent referenda from being held for the same purpose. The cost of referenda are borne by the sewer district.   [PL 2013, c. 555, §6 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2013, c. 555, §6 (NEW).
38 ME Rev Stat § 1061 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION|Chapter 11: SANITARY DISTRICTS|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|38 §1061. Short title

 §1061. Short title This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Maine Sanitary District Enabling Act.   [PL 1965, c. 310 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 310 (NEW).
38 ME Rev Stat § 1062 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION|Chapter 11: SANITARY DISTRICTS|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|38 §1062. Declaration of policy

 §1062. Declaration of policy It is declared to be the policy of the State to encourage the development of sanitary districts consisting of:   [PL 1971, c. 400, §1 (RPR).]1.  Municipality.  A municipality;   [PL 1971, c. 400, §1 (RPR).] 2.  Municipalities.  Two or more municipalities;   [PL 1971, c. 400, §1 (RPR).] 3.  -- sections.  A section or sections of sufficient size of a municipality or 2 or more municipalities;   [PL 1971, c. 400, §1 (RPR).] 4.  Unorganized territory.  A sufficient number of persons residing in unorganized territory; or   [PL 1971, c. 400, §1 (RPR).] 5.  Combination.  Any combination of the foregoing, so that said districts may economically construct and operate sewage systems so as to assist in the abatement of the pollution of public streams, lakes and inland and ocean waters and enhance the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the State.   [PL 1971, c. 400, §1 (RPR).] A sanitary district may only be formed where the Board of Environmental Protection finds that there is a need throughout a part or all of the territory embraced within the proposed district for the accomplishment of the purpose of providing an adequate, efficient system and means of collecting, conveying, pumping, treating and disposing of domestic sewage and industrial wastes within the proposed district and that such purposes can be effectively accomplished therein on an equitable basis by a sanitary district if created and that the creation and maintenance of such a district will be administratively feasible and in furtherance of the public health, safety and welfare.   [PL 1981, c. 466, §1 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 310 (NEW). PL 1967, c. 524, §1 (AMD). PL 1969, c. 431, §9 (AMD). PL 1971, c. 400, §1 (RPR). PL 1971, c. 618, §12 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 466, §1 (AMD).
38 ME Rev Stat § 1063 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION|Chapter 11: SANITARY DISTRICTS|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|38 §1063. Purpose

 §1063. Purpose The purpose of each sanitary district formed under this chapter shall be to construct, maintain, operate and provide a system of sewerage, sewage and commercial and industrial waste disposal and sewage treatment and of storm and surface water drainage, for public purposes and for the health, welfare, comfort and convenience of the inhabitants of the district.   [PL 1965, c. 310 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 310 (NEW).
38 ME Rev Stat § 1064 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION|Chapter 11: SANITARY DISTRICTS|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|38 §1064. Exemption from taxation

 §1064. Exemption from taxation The property, both real and personal, rights and franchises of any sanitary district formed under this chapter shall be forever exempt from taxation.   [PL 1965, c. 310 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 310 (NEW).
38 ME Rev Stat § 1065 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION|Chapter 11: SANITARY DISTRICTS|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|38 §1065. Powers exercised according to general laws (REPEALED)

 §1065. Powers exercised according to general laws (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 310 (NEW). PL 1975, c. 461, §1 (RP).
38 ME Rev Stat § 1066 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION|Chapter 11: SANITARY DISTRICTS|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|38 §1066. Provisions supplemental to other law

 §1066. Provisions supplemental to other law This chapter shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized thereby, and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws and shall not be regarded as in derogation of any powers now existing.   [PL 1965, c. 310 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 310 (NEW).
38 ME Rev Stat § 1067 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION|Chapter 11: SANITARY DISTRICTS|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|38 §1067. Reimbursement of costs to municipalities

 §1067. Reimbursement of costs to municipalities Any municipality or municipalities which fall within a sanitary district formed under this Act shall be entitled to reimbursement from said sanitary district when the sanitary district is in a position to reimburse said costs. The term "costs" as used in this section shall include but shall not be limited to the following cost of preparation of an engineering study or studies; legal costs with relation to the application and presentation of any application for the formation of a sanitary district; other engineering costs that may not be included in a study; costs for financial advice; administrative expense and such other expense as may be necessary or incident to the action of any municipality under this Act.   [PL 1965, c. 310 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 310 (NEW).
38 ME Rev Stat § 1068 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION|Chapter 11: SANITARY DISTRICTS|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|38 §1068. Lease of property by sanitary district

 §1068. Lease of property by sanitary district Nothing in this chapter is intended to limit the authority of a sanitary district to enter into a lease and leaseback transaction with respect to some or all of its real or personal property, other than land, and to take all other action necessary or desirable, including, but not limited to, the granting of mortgages and liens, to effectuate the transaction. For purposes of this section, "lease" includes a lease of any length, including leases that may be defined as sales for income tax purposes.   [PL 2003, c. 267, §2 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2003, c. 267, §2 (NEW).
38 ME Rev Stat § 1101-A (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION|Chapter 11: SANITARY DISTRICTS|Subchapter 2: ORGANIZATION|38 §1101-A. Fees

 §1101-A. Fees The commissioner may establish reasonable application fees for processing applications for the formation of districts under this chapter or chapter 11-A. The commissioner shall place these fees into a nonlapsing dedicated revenue account, and funds from the account may be used by the department or the board only to pay costs associated with processing applications for the formation of districts under this chapter or chapter 11-A.   [PL 2005, c. 556, §3 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2005, c. 556, §3 (NEW).
38 ME Rev Stat § 1102 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION|Chapter 11: SANITARY DISTRICTS|Subchapter 2: ORGANIZATION|38 §1102. Approval and organization

 §1102. Approval and organization When the residents of the municipality, or each municipality, where more than one is involved, or of the unorganized territory within the proposed sanitary district, have voted upon the formation of a proposed sanitary district and all of the other questions submitted therewith, the clerk of each of the municipalities, and, where the proposed district includes unorganized territory, the county clerk, shall make a return to the Commissioner of Environmental Protection in such form as the commissioner shall determine. If the commissioner finds from the returns that a majority of the residents within each of the municipalities involved, and, where the proposed district includes unorganized territory, that a majority of the residents of the unorganized territory within the proposed sanitary district, voting on each of the articles and questions submitted to them, have voted in the affirmative, and they have elected the necessary trustees and the names thereof to represent each municipality, or the residents of the unorganized territory within the proposed sanitary district, and that all other steps in the formation of the proposed sanitary district are in order and in conformity with law, the commissioner shall make a finding to that effect and record the same upon the department's records. The commissioner shall, immediately after making these findings, issue a certificate of organization in the name of the sanitary district in such form as the commission shall determine. The original certificate must be delivered to the trustees on the day that they are directed to organize and a copy of the certificate duly attested by the commissioner must be filed and recorded in the Office of the Secretary of State. The issuance of a certificate by the commissioner is conclusive evidence of the lawful organization of the sanitary district. The sanitary district is not operative until the date set by the commissioner under section 1106.   [PL 1989, c. 890, Pt. A, §40 (AFF); PL 1989, c. 890, Pt. B, §213 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 310 (NEW). PL 1967, c. 524, §3 (AMD). PL 1969, c. 431, §9 (AMD). PL 1971, c. 400, §3 (RPR). PL 1971, c. 618, §12 (AMD). PL 1973, c. 537, §43 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 890, §§A40,B213 (AMD).
38 ME Rev Stat § 1103 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION|Chapter 11: SANITARY DISTRICTS|Subchapter 2: ORGANIZATION|38 §1103. Transfer of property and assets

 §1103. Transfer of property and assets When the territory of a municipality falls within a sanitary district which has been issued its certificate of organization and has assumed the management and control of the operation of the sewage facilities within its territorial limits, the trustees of said sanitary district shall determine what sewer property or properties including treatment plants owned by any municipality within said sanitary district shall be necessary to carry on the functions of the sanitary district and shall request in writing that the municipal officers of any municipality within said sanitary district convey the title to such sewer property to such sanitary district and said municipal officers shall make such conveyance without payment of consideration.   [PL 1965, c. 310 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 310 (NEW).
38 ME Rev Stat § 1106 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION|Chapter 11: SANITARY DISTRICTS|Subchapter 2: ORGANIZATION|38 §1106. Operational date of sanitary districts

 §1106. Operational date of sanitary districts Notwithstanding the prior issuance of a certificate of organization, a sanitary district is not in operation and may not exercise any of its powers granted in this chapter until the date set by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection as provided in section 1105. On that date, the sanitary district becomes operative and the trustees shall assume the management and control of the operation of all of the public sewers, storm and surface water drains, treatment plants and related structures within the sanitary district, and the municipalities and residents of unorganized territory within the sanitary district on and after the operational date have no responsibility for the operation or control of the public sewers and storm and surface water drains and treatment plants within their respective jurisdictions other than to pay for services rendered to the municipality or residents by the sanitary district.   [PL 1989, c. 890, Pt. A, §40 (AFF); PL 1989, c. 890, Pt. B, §215 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 310 (NEW). PL 1967, c. 524, §5 (AMD). PL 1969, c. 431, §9 (AMD). PL 1971, c. 618, §12 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 890, §§A40,B215 (AMD).
38 ME Rev Stat § 1151 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION|Chapter 11: SANITARY DISTRICTS|Subchapter 3: POWERS|38 §1151. Powers

 §1151. Powers Each sanitary district formed under this chapter shall have the power, within the district, within the territory of any adjoining municipality, and within any adjoining unorganized territory, to lay pipes, drains, sewers and conduits, and to take up, repair and maintain the same or to contract for the same to be done, in, along and through any public or private ways and public grounds, and in, along and through lands of any person or corporation, to and into tidal waters, rivers, watercourses and treatment works or to or into any drain or sewer now or hereafter built which empties into tidal waters, rivers, watercourses and treatment works, the discharge therefrom to be at such points consistent with the requirements of public health as shall be found convenient and reasonable for said district and the flow of existing watercourses; to construct and maintain treatment works, pumping stations, basins, reservoirs, flush tanks and such other appliances for collecting, holding, purifying, distributing and disposing of sewage matter and commercial and industrial waste and of storm and surface water, all as may be necessary or proper; and in general, do any or all other things necessary or incidental to accomplish the purposes of the district.   [PL 1967, c. 524, §6 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 310 (NEW). PL 1967, c. 524, §6 (AMD).
38 ME Rev Stat § 1151-A (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION|Chapter 11: SANITARY DISTRICTS|Subchapter 3: POWERS|38 §1151-A. Enforcement power

 §1151-A. Enforcement power A sanitary district may seek in a civil action injunctive relief from an industrial user that violates any pretreatment standard or requirement administered by the district. The district may seek a civil penalty of up to $1,000 a day for each violation by an industrial user of a pretreatment standard or requirement.   [PL 1991, c. 213, §1 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1991, c. 213, §1 (NEW).
38 ME Rev Stat § 1152 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION|Chapter 11: SANITARY DISTRICTS|Subchapter 3: POWERS|38 §1152. Right of eminent domain

 §1152. Right of eminent domain Each sanitary district formed under this chapter is authorized and empowered to acquire and hold real and personal property necessary or convenient for its purposes, and is granted the right of eminent domain, and for such purposes is authorized to take and hold, either by exercising its right of eminent domain or by purchase, lease or otherwise, as for public uses any land, real estate, easements or interest therein, and any sewers, drains or conduits and any sewer or drainage rights necessary for constructing, establishing, maintaining and operating sewers, drains, reservoirs, flush tanks, manholes, catch basins, treatment works, pumping stations and other appliances and property used or useful for collecting, holding, purifying, distributing and disposing of sewage matter and commercial and industrial waste and surface and waste waters.   [PL 1965, c. 310 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1965, c. 310 (NEW).