| | | If a water district chooses to increase its debt limit | | pursuant to this section, the governing body of the water | | district shall propose a new debt limit and submit the | | proposal for approval at a referendum within the district.__ | | The referendum must be called, advertised and conducted | | according to the law relating to municipal elections, except | | the registrar of voters is not required to prepare or the | | clerk to post a new list of voters.__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 form: |
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| | | "Do you favor changing the debt limit of the (insert name | | of district) from (insert current debt limit) to (insert | | proposed debt limit)?" |
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| | | The voters shall indicate by a cross or check mark placed | | against the word "Yes" or "No" their opinion on the question. |
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| | | The results must be declared by the governing body of the | | district and entered upon the district's records.__Due | | certificate of the results must be filed by the clerk with the | | Secretary of State. |
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| | | A debt limit proposal becomes effective upon its acceptance | | by a majority of the legal voters within the 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 district. |
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| | | Sec. 5. 35-A MRSA §6414-A is enacted to read: |
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| | | §6414-A.__Water utilities; rate collection and liens |
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| | | All persons, firms and corporations, whether public, private | | or municipal, shall pay to the treasurer of any water district | | the rates established pursuant to chapter 61 for the water | | service used with respect to their real estate. |
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| | | There is a lien on real estate served by a water district to | | secure the payment of unpaid rates.__The method for obtaining, | | enforcing and receiving payment on the lien must be in the | | same manner and has the same effect and creates the same | | rights as provided in Title 38, section 1208, pertaining to | | the collection of unpaid rates by a sanitary district, except | | that the sanitary district lien created under Title 38, | | section 1208 continues with priority over the district's water | | utility lien created under this section and the notice of | | impending automatic foreclosure must be substantially in the | | following form: |
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