| | | 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, new trustees are going to be elected at the next town | | meetings for the Town of Boothbay Harbor and the Town of | | Boothbay; and |
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| | | Whereas, it is necessary to have this legislation an emergency | | so that the qualifications of the trustees are effective before | | the elections at the town meetings; 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 2001, c. 15, §5, sub-§§1 and 4 are amended to read: |
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| | | 1. First board. The municipal officers of the Town of | | Boothbay Harbor and the Town of Boothbay at a joint meeting shall | | appoint the first board of trustees, 3 of whom must be residents | | of the Town of Boothbay Harbor, 2 of whom must be residents of | | the Town of Boothbay and all of whom must be current | | commissioners of the Boothbay Harbor Water System or trustees of | | the East Boothbay Water District. The trustees from the Town of | | Boothbay Harbor serve terms as follows: one for a term of one | | year, one for a term of 2 years and one for a term of 3 years. | | The trustees from the Town of Boothbay serve terms as follows: | | one for a term of 2 years and one for a term of 3 years. The | | municipal officers shall determine the term of office of each | | trustee. Vacancies are filled pursuant to subsection 4. After | | the expiration of the term of the Town of Boothbay Harbor trustee | | with the one-year term, the succeeding trustee is elected at | | large from the district for a term of 3 years. Each trustee must | | reside in a household to which the district's service is | | provided. |
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| | | 4. Vacancy. Whenever the term of office of a trustee from | | the Town of Boothbay Harbor expires, the trustee's successor must | | be elected from the Town of Boothbay Harbor by the inhabitants of | | the district, except that, after the first year, the successor of | | the trustee from the Town of Boothbay Harbor that served a term | | of one year must be elected at large by the inhabitants of the | | district at town meetings to be held in the Town of Boothbay | | Harbor and the Town of Boothbay. Whenever the term of office of | | a trustee from the Town of Boothbay expires, the trustee's |
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