The trustees shall appoint a registrar of voters for the standard district, who may also be the registrar of voters for any town within the standard district, and fix the registrar's salary. It is the registrar's duty to make and keep a complete list of all the eligible registered voters of resident in the standard district. The list prepared by the registrar governs the eligibility of any voter. Voters who are resident outside the territorial limits of the standard district, as defined in its charter, are not eligible voters and the registrar of voters shall exclude those voters from the registrar's lists. All warrants issued for elections by the trustees must show that only the voters resident within the territorial limits of the standard district are entitled to vote.

7. Water districts; trustees' compensation. The trustees of a water district receive compensation as recommended by the trustees and approved by a majority of the municipal officers of the municipality, including compensation for any duties they perform as officers, as well as for their duties as trustees. For districts serving more than one municipality, any change in the compensation received by the trustees for any duties they perform within the district must be recommended by the trustees and approved by majority vote of the municipal officers in each municipality in municipalities representing a majority of the population within the district. Certification of the vote must be recorded with the Secretary of State and recorded in the bylaws. Compensation for duties as trustees must be on the basis of such specific amount as may be specified in the bylaws, for each meeting actually attended and reimbursement for travel and expenses, with the total not to exceed such specific amount as may be specified in the bylaws. Compensation schedules in effect on January 1, 1982 continue in effect until changed.

Notwithstanding section 6401, subsection 2, this subsection does not apply to any water district for which the charter provides for trustee compensation in a manner inconsistent with this subsection and specifically indicates by its own terms that this subsection or former section 6303, subsection 4 does not apply.

Sec. 3. 35-A MRSA §6413-A is enacted to read:

§6413-A.__Water districts; authority to increase debt limits