| | | Emergency preamble. Whereas, Acts of the Legislature do not become | | effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as | | emergencies; and |
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| | | Whereas, the requirements in the charter of the Corinna Water | | District that all members of the board of trustees of the | | district be elected and be customers of the district have made it | | costly and difficult to fill those offices; and |
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| | | Whereas, this legislation eliminates the need for costly | | elections and provides for more flexibility in the selection of a | | member of the board of trustees; and |
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| | | Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create | | an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and | | require the following legislation as immediately necessary for | | the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, | | therefore, |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. P&SL 2001, c. 13, §§4 and 5 are repealed and the following | | enacted in their place: |
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| | | Sec. 4.__Trustees.__The board of trustees of the district is | | composed of 3 trustees appointed by the municipal officers of the | | Town of Corinna.__A trustee must be a resident of the district. |
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| | | Sec. 5.__Terms of trustees; vacancies.__Trustees are appointed to 3-year | | terms.__If a vacancy arises, it must be filled for the remainder | | of the unexpired term. |
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| | | Sec. 2. P&SL 2001, c. 13, §8 is amended to read: |
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| | | Sec. 8. Continuation of Corinna Water District. The purpose of this Act is | | to modernize the charter of the Corinna Water District, | | established under Private and Special Law 1947, chapter 86, using | | the Standard Water District Enabling Act. The terms of office to | | which trustees of the Corinna Water District serving on the | | effective date of this Act were elected are unaffected by this | Act. The trustees' successors are elected | | accordance with this Act. Except as specifically provided by | | this Act, nothing in this Act is intended to alter or affect or | | may be interpreted as altering or affecting any debts, | | liabilities, obligations, rights or privileges of the Corinna | | Water District. |
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| | | Sec. 3. Transition provision. This Act does not affect the tenure of | | any trustee elected under Private and Special Law 2001, chapter | | 13. |
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