An Act To Amend the Charter of the Gardiner Water District

Sec. 1. P&SL 1903, c. 82, §16  is enacted to read:

Sec. 16. Purchase water. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, chapter 601, the Gardiner Water District is authorized to purchase nonfluoridated water from the Hallowell Water District. The Gardiner Water District shall provide all of its customers that may be affected by the change from fluoridated to nonfluoridated water with written notice of the change. The Gardiner Water District shall also inform the customers that may be affected by the change that if a customer wishes to continue to receive the benefits of fluoride, the customer should contact the customer's dentist or health care provider.

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This bill allows the Gardiner Water District to purchase water from the Hallowell Water District. The bill also requires the Gardiner Water District to inform its customers that the district will be providing nonfluoridated water and that the customers should contact their dentists or health care providers if they wish to continue receiving the benefits of fluoride.