LD 1797
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Page 4 of 9 An Act to Amend the Charter of the Waterville Sewerage District Page 6 of 9
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$200 $1,000 or by imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or by both
such fine and imprisonment.

 
Sec. 7. P&SL 1949, c. 211, §6-B, as repealed and replaced by PL 1985,
c. 99, §5, is amended to read:

 
*Sec. 6-B. Buildings to connect with sewer if available.
Every building in the district intended for human habitation or
occupancy on premises abutting on a street in which there is a
public sewer or any such building within 200 300 feet of a public
sewer shall must have a house drainage system which shall be
caused to be that is connected with the sewer by the owner or
agent of the premises in the most direct manner possible and, if
feasible, with a separate connection for each house or building,
except that existing buildings served by a private sewer system
when the public sewer becomes available, are not required to
connect with any sewer or drain of the district as long as the
private sewer or drainage system functions in a satisfactory and
sanitary manner and does not violate any law or applicable
ordinance or any applicable requirement of the State of Maine
Plumbing Code, as determined by the municipal plumbing inspector;
his the plumbing inspector's alternate; or, in the event that
both are trustees or employees of the district, the Division of
Health Engineering.

 
Sec. 8. P&SL 1949, c. 211, §7, first ¶, as amended by P&SL 1967, c. 41 and
P&SL 1985, c. 99, §6, is repealed and the following enacted in
its place:

 
*Sec. 7.__Management.__All affairs of the district are managed
by a board of 5 commissioners, resident of the district, who are
appointed by the mayor of the City of Waterville, with the
approval of a majority of the city council.__In the first
appointment of commissioners under this section, one must be
selected for a term of one year, one for 2 years, one for 3
years, one for 4 years and one for 5 years.__Two of the
commissioners must be appointed from the minority political
party.__All subsequent appointments must be made as to continue 2
commissioners from the minority party.__At the expiration of the
term of each member, a new member, or the existing member, of the
board must be appointed by the mayor, with the approval of a
majority of the city council, for a term of 5 years.__In case of
a vacancy arising from death or other cause, the mayor may
appoint, with the approval of a majority of the city council, a
new member to fill out the unexpired term.__The term of a
commissioner continues until a successor is appointed and
qualified.__As soon as convenient after the first members of the
board have been appointed, they shall hold a meeting at the city
rooms in the City of Waterville and organize by the election from
the members of a chair, clerk and treasurer, who shall furnish


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