An Act to Amend the Charter of the Department of Electric Works Within the Town of Madison
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. P&SL 1975, c. 53, §1 is amended by adding at the end a new sentence to read:
The Department of Electric Works is authorized to provide natural gas service in the Town of Madison and any other town to which it is authorized to provide electricity.
Sec. 2. P&SL 1975, c. 53, §8 is amended to read:
Sec. 8. Borrowing, generally. The town is hereby authorized to borrow amounts of money by the issuance of its general obligation securities for its electric works department for any purpose allowed by law, after vote by the town. Except as otherwise provided herein in this section, said the borrowings shall must be made under authority of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 30 30-A as amended. All of said the borrowing shall must be approved by the board of directors of the electric works and, unless the vote authorizing such securities otherwise provides, bonds and notes shall must be signed by the municipal officers and by the board of directors of the electric works of the town and by the treasurer of said that town; provided, however, that coupons need may be signed by the treasurer only.
Sec. 3. P&SL 1975, c. 53, §10, first paragraph is amended to read:
Sec. 10. Moneys of electric works. All moneys received from electric works department receipts, notes, bonds or other sources in connection with said the electric works department shall must be deposited in such banks or depositories as the board of directors of the electric works shall determine determines, in separate accounts entitled "Town of Madison Electric Works Department," and all withdrawals from said those accounts shall must be over or upon the orders or warrants of the board of directors of the electric works, said these warrants and orders to be directed to the town treasurer. The treasurer of said that town shall execute and carry out all such orders and warrants.
Sec. 4. P&SL 1975, c. 53, §11 is amended by amending the first paragraph to read:
Sec. 11. Directors to establish rates. All individuals, partnerships, firms and corporations, whether private, public or municipal, shall pay the rate established by the board of directors for the electricity or natural gas used by them, and the rates for electricity or natural gas so supplied shall must be uniform within the territory supplied by the electric works wherever the cost of services, including the cost of installation and maintenance of transmission lines and apparatus for distribution of electric power and the cost of services or pipelines, mains and apparatus for distribution of natural gas is substantially uniform, but nothing in this Act shall preclude said precludes those directors, with the approval of the Public Utilities Commission, from establishing higher rates than the regular rates in sections where, for any reason, the cost of construction and maintenance or the cost of service exceeds the average, but such the higher rates shall must be uniform throughout the section where they apply. All rates shall be are subject to the approval of the Public Utilities Commission and shall must be so established as to provide revenue for the following purposes:
Sec. 5. P&SL 1975, c. 53, §11, sub-§1 is amended to read:
1. To pay the current expenses of operating and maintaining the electric light and power system and natural gas distribution system, including all usual and ordinary repairs, replacements and improvements.
Sec. 6. P&SL 1975, c. 53, §12 is amended to read:
Sec. 12. Electric works subject to Public Utilities Commission. Nothing herein contained is intended to repeal nor shall may be construed as repealing the whole or any part of any existing statute; and all rights and duties herein mentioned shall must be exercised and performed in accordance with all the applicable provisions of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35 35-A as amended.
Sec. 7. P&SL 1975, c. 53, §14, first paragraph is amended to read:
Sec. 14. Duties of superintendent. Subject to any specific limitations imposed by the board of directors pursuant to section 9 hereof, the superintendent shall be is responsible for the daily administration and operation of the electric works department.
Effective September 18, 1999, unless otherwise indicated.
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