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becomes necessary; and generally to construct, maintain, operate | | and provide a system of sewerage, sewage disposal and sewage | | treatment for public purposes and for the health, welfare, comfort | | and convenience of the inhabitants of the district. |
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| | | Sec. 2. P&SL 1961, c. 161, §17, 2nd sentence, as amended by P&SL 1991, c. | | 81, §1, is further amended to read: |
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| | | The total indebtedness of the district at any one time | outstanding may not exceed the sum of $5,500,000 |
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| | | Sec. 3. Emergency clause; referendum; effective date. In view of the | | emergency cited in the preamble, this Act takes effect when | | approved only for the purpose of permitting its submission to the | | voters of the Town of Boothbay Harbor and the Town of Boothbay at | | an election to be called and held for that purpose by December | | 31, 2005. The election must be called, advertised and conducted | | according to the law relating to municipal elections, except that | | the registrar of voters is not required to prepare or the clerk | | to post a new list of voters. For the purpose of registration of | | voters, the registrar of voters must be in session the secular | | day preceding the election. The subject matter of this Act is | | reduced to the following questions. Question A, which is to be | | submitted to the voters of the Town of Boothbay Harbor and the | | Town of Boothbay, must read as follows: |
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| | | Question A: "Do you favor extending the territory of the | | Boothbay Harbor Sewer District to include all of the territory of | | the Town of Boothbay?" |
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| | | Question B, which is to be submitted to the voters within the | | Boothbay Harbor Sewer District, must read as follows: |
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| | | Question B: "Do you favor amending the Boothbay Harbor Sewer | | District charter by increasing the debt limit of the district | | from $5,500,000 to $8,500,000?" |
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| | | Section 1 of this Act takes effect for all purposes | | immediately upon acceptance of Question A by a majority of the | | voters of the Town of Boothbay Harbor and a majority of the | | voters of the Town of Boothbay. Failure to achieve the necessary | | approval does not prevent subsequent elections held prior to | | December 31, 2006. Section 2 of this Act takes effect for all | | purposes immediately upon acceptance of Question B by a majority | | of the voters of the Boothbay Harbor Sewer District voting at the | | election. Failure to achieve the necessary approval does not | | prevent subsequent elections held prior to December 31, 2006. |
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| | | The results of the elections must be declared by the municipal | | officers of the towns and due certificates of the |
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