An Act To Amend the Charter of the Southwest Harbor Water and Sewer District

Sec. 1. P&SL 2015, c. 11, §14, first ¶  is amended to read:

All the affairs of the district must be managed by a board of 3 5 trustees. One of the trustees must be the town manager for the Town of Southwest Harbor. If the town manager position is vacated and in the absence of an acting town manager, the board of selectmen shall appoint a resident of the Town of Southwest Harbor to serve as a trustee until the town manager position is filled. The remaining 2 4 trustees must be residents of the Town of Southwest Harbor who are appointed by the board of selectmen. No member of the board of selectmen may, during the term for which the member is elected, be appointed as a trustee of the district. The appointed trustees shall hold office for terms of 3 years and until their respective successors are appointed and qualified. Upon appointment of the first board, the board of selectmen shall determine the terms of the 2 appointed trustees.

Sec. 2. First terms. Notwithstanding Private and Special Law 2015, chapter 11, section 14, the board of selectmen of the Town of Southwest Harbor shall establish the first terms of each of the 2 additional trustees appointed to the board of trustees of the Southwest Harbor Water and Sewer District pursuant to this Act as follows: one trustee for a term of one year and one for a term of 2 years.