Sec. 9. Continue to provide water. Nothing in this Act is intended to alter or affect or may be interpreted as altering or affecting the district's continuing to provide water service to the existing customers of the Fryeburg Water Company, including those customers that are located outside the district's territory.

Sec. 10. Referendum; effective date. This Act takes effect when approved only for the purpose of permitting its submission to the legal voters within the territory described in section 1 at an election called for that purpose and held within 3 years of the effective date of this Act. The election must be called, advertised and conducted according to the law relating to municipal elections, except that the registrar of voters is not required to prepare or the clerk to post a new list of voters. For the purpose of registration of voters, the registrar of voters must be in session the secular day preceding the election. The subject matter of this Act is reduced to the following question:

"Do you favor creating the Fryeburg Water District and permitting it to acquire the assets of the Fryeburg Water Company?"

This Act takes effect for all purposes upon its acceptance by a majority of the legal voters of the district. Failure to achieve the necessary approval does not prevent subsequent referenda held within 3 years of the effective date of this Act.

The results must be declared by the municipal officers of the Town of Fryeburg and due certificate of the results must be filed by the town clerk with the Secretary of State.

Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this Act takes effect when approved.

Effective pending referendum.