Sec. 3. 38 MRSA §1101-A is enacted to read:

§1101-A.__Fees

The commissioner may establish reasonable application fees for processing applications for the formation of districts under this chapter or chapter 11-A.__The commissioner shall place these fees into a nonlapsing dedicated revenue account, and funds from the account may be used by the department or the board only to pay costs associated with processing applications for the formation of districts under this chapter or chapter 11-A.

Sec. 4. 38 MRSA c. 11-A is enacted to read:

CHAPTER 11-A

COMMUNITY SANITARY DISTRICTS

§1231. Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

1.__Cluster development.__"Cluster development" has the same meaning as in Title 30-A, section 4301, subsection 1-A.

2.__Community sanitary district.__"Community sanitary district" or "district" means a district formed under this chapter to manage one or more subsurface wastewater collection, treatment and disposal systems to accommodate residential development as a means of facilitating compact growth patterns, including cluster developments.

§1232.__Formation; expansion

A community sanitary district is formed in the same manner as a sanitary district under chapter 11, except that the board may not approve an application pursuant to section 1101, subsection 3 unless the board finds that:

1.__Facilitate compact growth.__Creation of the district will facilitate cluster developments or other compact growth patterns;