| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §1211 is enacted to read: |
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| | | §1211.__Public comment; opportunity required |
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| | | Prior to taking a final vote on any of the following matters, | | the board of trustees of a sanitary district shall provide an | | opportunity for the public to comment:__budgets, expenditures, | | expansions, reconfigurations of the sewer system, moratoriums on | | expansions of service, the preclusion or delay of the provision | | of service to any property or group of properties otherwise | | eligible to receive service, or the cessation of service to any | | property or group of properties receiving service.__The | | requirements of this section are in addition to other applicable | | requirements of law. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 38 MRSA §1252, sub-§10 is enacted to read: |
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| | | 10. Public comment; opportunity required.__Prior to taking a | | final vote on any of the following matters, the trustees shall | | provide an opportunity for the public to comment: budgets, | | expenditures, expansions, reconfigurations of the sewer system, | | moratoriums on expansions of service, the preclusion or delay of | | the provision of service to any property or group of properties | | otherwise eligible to receive service, or the cessation of | | service to any property or group of properties receiving service.__ | | The requirements of this section are in addition to any other | | applicable requirements of law, including applicable provisions | | of the private and special law governing the sewer district. |
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| | | This bill requires a sewer district or a sanitary district to | | provide an opportunity for the public to comment before the board | | of trustees takes a final vote on important matters affecting the | | users of the district. |
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