| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §1724, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1993, c. 597, §1, is | further amended to read: |
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| | 1. Authorization. All of the affairs of a disposal district | must be managed by an appointed board of directors that consists | of not less than 3 directors. The exact number of directors must | be determined in accordance with section 1721. Each director is | entitled to the number of votes that corresponds to the level of | population in that director's municipality as set forth in the | following table, unless an alternative method of apportioning | votes is approved by a majority vote of the municipal officers | representing each member of the disposal district prior to or at | the time of formation. |
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| A director may not split votes. In the event a municipality has | more than one director, directors from that municipality shall | share equally the number of votes for that municipality but may | vote independently of each other. A determination of population | must be made based upon the latest official Decennial Census of | the United States by the United States Bureau of Census. A | disposal district may alter the number of its directors by | submitting the proposed alteration to the voters in the same | manner as provided in section 1721, subsection 7. No | municipality within any disposal district may have less than one | director. A quorum of the directors may conduct the affairs of | the district even if there is a vacancy on the board of | directors. A quorum is defined as a simple majority of eligible | and appointed directors, provided that a majority of the member | municipalities are represented. A simple majority of directors | voting, either in person or by written consent, may conduct the | affairs of the district. |
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