| | | Emergency preamble. Whereas, Acts of the Legislature do not become | | effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as | | emergencies; and |
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| | | Whereas, uninterrupted collection and distribution of water is | | essential to the health and welfare of the inhabitants of | | Vinalhaven; and |
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| | | Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create | | an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and | | require the following legislation as immediately necessary for | | the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, | | therefore, |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. P&SL 1977, c. 99, §§1 and 2 are repealed and the following | | enacted in their place: |
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| | | *Sec. 1.__Territorial limits; corporate name.__Pursuant to the Maine Revised | | Statutes, Title 35-A, section 6403, subsection 1, paragraph B and | | subject to section 10 of this Act, that part of the Town of | | Vinalhaven known as of March 1, 2001 as the Village Overlay | | District, which includes all lots contained in Tax Maps 17, 18, | | 22 and 23; Map 19, Lots 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 12A, 13, 14, | | 15, 16, 18, 19, 20 and 21; Map 21, Lots 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, | | 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31; and Map | | 24, Lots 1, 2, 2A, 3, 4, 5, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, | | 21, 22, 23, 23A, 23B and 24, and the reservoirs and their | | watersheds, including all land and watersheds around Round Pond, | | designated as Tax Map 9, Lots 6, 7, 9, 10 and 11, and Folly Pond, | | designated as Tax Map 6, Lots 51, 56 and 57, and its inhabitants | | constitute a standard water district under the name "Vinalhaven | | Standard Water District," referred to in this Act as the | | "district." |
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| | | *Sec. 2.__Powers; authority; duties.__The district has all the powers and | | authority and is subject to all requirements and restrictions | | provided in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, chapter 64. |
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| | | Sec. 2. P&SL 1977, c. 99, §4 is repealed and the following enacted in | | its place: |
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| | | *Sec. 4.__Power to take water.__The district is authorized to take, | | hold, divert, use and distribute water from any lake or pond in | | the Town of Vinalhaven and from any well, surfaced or underground | | brook, stream, spring or vein of water in the town.__The | | authority to supply the inhabitants of the town who are not | | within the district is subject to the discretion of the board of | | trustees. |
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