HP0754, LD 1018, item 1, 125th Maine State Legislature
An Act To Amend the Charter of the Anson Water District

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An Act To Amend the Charter of the Anson Water District
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. P&SL 1915, c. 200, §1, as amended by P&SL 2005, c. 51, §1, is further amended to read:
Sec. 1. Anson Water District created; purposes; territory. The following described territory and the inhabitants within the same constitute a body politic and corporate under the name of the Anson Water District, for the purpose of supplying the inhabitants of the district with pure water for domestic, sanitary and municipal purposes, to wit: So much of the Town of Anson, in Somerset County, as is described as follows:
 
Starting at the intersection of New Portland Road and the Anson town line bordering the Town of Embden; thence in a southeasterly direction along New Portland Road to a point 69º55'12.66"W, ~~44º52'27.82"N~~44º51'32.58"N; thence in a southwesterly direction to a point ~~69º55'27.95"W, 44º49'7.33"N~~69º55'28.44"W, 44º49'6.98"N; thence in a southerly direction to the intersection of Pease Hill Road and West Mills Road; thence in a southwesterly direction along West Mills Road to the intersection of West Mills Road and Mayhew Road; thence in a southerly direction along Mayhew Road to the intersection of Mayhew Road and the Anson town line bordering the Town of Starks; thence in a northeasterly direction along the Anson town line to the border of the Town of Madison; thence in a northerly direction along the Anson town line bordering the Town of Madison to the corner of the Anson town line bordering the Town of Embden and the Town of Solon; thence in a southwesterly direction along the Anson town line to the starting point.
 
Sec. 2. P&SL 1915, c. 200, §6, as amended by P&SL 2005, c. 51, §3, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
Sec. 6.  Board of trustees.  All the affairs of the water district are managed by a board of trustees composed of 3 members, who are residents and voters in the district, to be chosen by secret ballot according to the provision of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 30-A, section 2528. Whenever the term of office of a trustee expires by the trustee's removal from the water district or otherwise, the legal voters of the water district shall elect a successor according to the provisions of the Title 30-A, section 2528 to serve for a full term of 3 years; and if any other vacancy occurs, it may be filled in like manner for the unexpired term. The annual meeting occurs at a time and place designated by the trustees. The annual meeting for the election of officers occurs at a time and place designated by the trustees. As soon as is convenient after the board of trustees has been elected, the trustees shall hold a meeting and organize by the election of a chair and clerk, adopt a corporate seal and choose a treasurer and all other needful officers and agents for the proper management of the affairs of the water district. Each member is entitled to compensation as set by the trustees for the member's services for each and every regular and special meeting of the board at which the member is in attendance. The water district, at any legal meeting of the water district called for the purpose, may adopt such bylaws and provisions, not inconsistent with the Constitution of Maine and laws of this State and of the United States, as the water district may determine expedient and necessary for the good government and regulation of the affairs of the water district, in which case, the bylaws and provisions so adopted apply to the water district as fully, to all intents and purposes, as the other provisions of this Act, subject to alterations and additions, only by a 2/3 vote of all the legal voters of the water district present and voting at a legal meeting of the water district called for the purpose.
 
SUMMARY
This bill amends the Anson Water District charter to provide that trustees are elected according to municipal election law. The bill provides that trustees may hold their annual meeting and their elections at a time and place called by the trustees. The bill fixes errors in the description of the district's territory.

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