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days prior to the date of the meeting in a newspaper having general | | circulation in the district and must be mailed to each ratepayer in | | the district not later than the date of the publication. A debt | | may not be incurred under the vote of the trustees until the | | expiration of 7 full days following the date of the special | | district meeting. |
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| | | Except for debt to fund that part of any project that has been | | approved for grant financing by the State Government or Federal | | Government to meet the requirements of the United States Clean | | Water Act and the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 38, chapter 12, | | including any related facilities not eligible for that financing | | but essential to the operation of the approved project as an | | integral system, for debts in excess of the amount specified in | | this section, the following petition and referendum procedure | | applies. If, on or before the 7th day following the date of the | | special district meeting, a petition signed by at least 5%, but | | not fewer than 50, of the registered voters of the district is | | filed with the clerk of the district requesting reference of the | | vote of the trustees to referendum, the clerk of the district | | shall call and hold a special election of the voters of the | | district for the purpose of submitting to referendum vote a | | question of approving the vote of the trustees. The vote of the | | trustees is suspended until it has received approval by vote of a | | majority of the voters of the district voting on the question at | | the special election. |
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| | | Sec. 17. Rates. All persons, firms and corporations, whether | | public, private or municipal, shall pay to the treasurer of the | | district the rates, tolls, rents, entrance charges, impact fees | | and other lawful charges established by the trustees for the | | sewer or drainage service used or available with respect to their | | real estate. The rates include rates for the district's | | readiness to serve charged owners of real estate abutting on or | | accessible to sewers or drains of the district but not actually | | connected to the district, whether or not such real estate is | | improved. For the purposes of this Act, "other lawful charges" | | and "other charges" include interest on delinquent accounts at a | | rate not to exceed the highest lawful rate set by the Treasurer | | of State for municipal taxes. |
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| | | Rates, tolls, rents, impact fees and entrance charges must be | | uniform within the district when both the cost to the district of | | installation and maintenance of sewers or their appurtenances and | | the cost of service are substantially uniform. Nothing precludes | | the district from establishing a rate, toll, rent, impact fee or | | entrance charge higher than the regular rates, tolls, rents, | | impact fees and entrance charges in sections where, for any | | reason, the cost to the district of construction and maintenance, | | or the cost of service, exceeds the average. The |
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