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An Act To Amend the Charter of the Clinton Water District
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  P&SL 1945, c. 72, §1, 2nd ¶  is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
The area within the district is to be composed of that part of the town of Clinton bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point where the Clinton-Benton town line crosses the Sebasticook River one mile south of Clinton Village; thence northeast to a point crossing Bellsqueeze Road, 1,000 feet south of Hinkley Road intersection; continuing northwest to a point at Morrison Corner where Town House Hill Road meets Battle Ridge Road to Goodrich Road; thence southeasterly along Goodrich Road to Whitten Road; continuing southeasterly, crossing Mutton Lane Road on the southern side of the I-95 overpass; continuing straight to the Sebasticook River where the Waldo-Kennebec County line crosses the Sebasticook River; following the Sebasticook River to the Benton-Clinton line; thence westerly to the point of beginning.
Sec. 2. P&SL 1945, c. 72, §1, 3rd ¶, as amended by PL 1975, c. 461, §8, is repealed.
Sec. 3.  P&SL 1945, c. 72, §8  is amended to read:
Sec. 8. Board of trustees. All the affairs of saidthe district shall beare managed by a board of 3 trustees, resident thereinof the district, who shall be appointed by the municipal officers of the town of Clintonare elected at the annual meeting of the water district. They shall hold office as hereinafter provided in the charter and until their respective successors are appointedelected and qualified. Whenever the term of office of a trustee expires, the municipal officers of the town of Clinton shall appoint a successor to serve the full term of 3 years and in case of any other vacancy arising from any cause, it shall be filled in like manner for the unexpired term. When any trustee ceases to be a resident of saidthe district, histhat trustee's office as trustee shall beis declared vacant. During his term of office no selectmanA selectperson of saidthe town of Clinton shallmay not serve as a member of the board of trustees of the district while serving as a selectperson.
Sec. 4.  P&SL 1945, c. 72, §9  is amended to read:
Sec. 9. Trustees; how elected; meetings; officers; vacancies filled for the unexpired term. The first board of trustees shallmust be appointed within 10 days after the acceptance of this act by the voters of saidthe district, one to serve until the first annual meeting of the district, one until the second, and one until the third suchannual meeting. Thereafter, one member shallmust be appointedelected at the time of each annual meeting to serve for a term of 3 years. As soon as convenient after their appointment, the trustees first appointed shall hold a meeting at some convenient place in the district, to be called by any member thereofof the board, in writing, designating the time and place, and delivered in hand to the other two2 members not less than 2 full days before the meeting; provided, however, that they may meet by agreement and waiver without such notice. They shall then organize by the election of a chairmanchair and clerk from their own number, adopt a corporate seal and by-laws, and perform any other acts within the powers delegated to them by law. As necessary, they may choose agents and other needful officers who shall serve at their pleasure, and whose compensation shall beis fixed by saidthe trustees. They shall choose annually a treasurer to serve for a term of 1one year,and fix the treasurer's salary, which shall in no case exceed $200 per year, and fill vacancies in that office. The treasurer shall furnish a bond, issued in such sum by a surety company as the trustees may approve, and the expense of securing the bond is to be borne by the district. Members of the board shall beare eligible to any office under the board, but shallmay not receive compensation therefor, except as trustee, unless authorized by vote of the municipal officers of the town of Clinton.
The compensation of the trustees shall may not exceed $50 $700 each per year, unless otherwise provided by vote, as above defined. Increases in compensation are pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, section 6410, subsection 7.
The trustees shall must be sworn to the faithful performance of their duties as such, which shall include the duties of any member as clerk or clerk pro tempore. They shall make and publish an annual report, which shall must also contain a report of the treasurer.
Nominations and elections of trustees are conducted in accordance with the laws relating to municipal elections. When the term of office of a trustee expires, the trustee's successor is elected at large by a plurality vote of the voters of the district. For the purpose of the election, a special election must be called and held on the date established by the trustees. The election must be called by the trustees of the district in the same manner as town meetings are called, and, for this purpose, the trustees are vested with the powers of municipal officers of towns.
The trustees shall appoint a registrar of voters for the district, who may also be the registrar of voters of the Town of Clinton, and fix the registrar's salary. It is the registrar's duty to make and keep a complete list of all the eligible voters of the district. The list prepared by the registrar governs the eligibility of any voter. Voters who are residents outside the territorial limits of the district, as defined in section 1 of this Act, are not eligible voters and the registrar of voters shall exclude those voters from the registrar's list. All warrants issued for elections by the trustees must show that only the voters residing within the territorial limits of the district are entitled to vote.
Sec. 5.  P&SL 1945, c. 72, §10  is amended to read:
Sec. 10. Annual meeting of district; qualification of voters of district. After the acceptance of this charter and the organization of the board, the annual meeting of the district shallmust be held within the district on the 1st Monday of Marchat a date selected by the trustees, at such hour and place as may be designated by resolution of the board of trustees as provided in the by-laws. Notice thereofof the annual meeting; signed by the chairmanchair or clerk of the board, shallmust be conspicuously posted in 2 public places within the district, not less than 7 days before the meeting. Special meetings may be called by the board in like manner at any time, and notice of special meetings shallmust state the business to be transacted thereatat the meeting. Ten per cent of the voters qualified to vote in such meetings shall constituteconstitutes a quorum. If for any reason a legally sufficient annual meeting is not held on the above date, a meeting in lieu thereof may be called in like manner to be held within 2 months from said date.
 
SUMMARY
This bill amends the charter of the Clinton Water District by amending the territorial limits. The bill amends how the salaries of the trustees and the treasurer are to be determined. It amends the time of the annual meeting and it corrects gender-specific language.