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Maine Statutes, Title 38

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Title 38

51 chapters · 1,027 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 381,027 Ch 3, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF WATERS258 Ch 5, GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RIVER…84 Ch 13, WASTE MANAGEMENT75 Ch 24, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AND RECYCLING74 Ch 1, OPERATION OF VESSELS59 Ch 2, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION44 Ch 4, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF AIR44 Ch 11, SANITARY DISTRICTS44 Ch 17, MAINE REFUSE DISPOSAL DISTRICT ENABL…35 Ch 6, SACO RIVER CORRIDOR33 Ch 10, STANDARD SEWER DISTRICT ENABLING ACT25 Ch 14-A, NUCLEAR WASTE ACTIVITY22 Ch 33, MANUFACTURERS, DISTRIBUTORS AND DEAL…20 Ch 16, SALE OF CONSUMER PRODUCTS AFFECTING …18

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38 M.R.S. § 1061 Short title
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Maine Sanitary District Enabling Act.
38 M.R.S. § 1062 Declaration of policy
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It is declared to be the policy of the State to encourage the development of sanitary districts consisting of: [PL 1971, c. 400, §1 (RPR).] 1. Municipality. A municipality; 2. Municipalities. Two or more municipalities; 3. -- sections. A section or sections of sufficient size of …
38 M.R.S. § 1063 Purpose
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The purpose of each sanitary district formed under this chapter shall be to construct, maintain, operate and provide a system of sewerage, sewage and commercial and industrial waste disposal and sewage treatment and of storm and surface water drainage, for public purposes and for…
38 M.R.S. § 1064 Exemption from taxation
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The property, both real and personal, rights and franchises of any sanitary district formed under this chapter shall be forever exempt from taxation.

38 M.R.S. § 1066 Provisions supplemental to other law

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This chapter shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized thereby, and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws and shall not be regarded as in derogation of any powers now existin…

38 M.R.S. § 1067 Reimbursement of costs to municipalities

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Any municipality or municipalities which fall within a sanitary district formed under this Act shall be entitled to reimbursement from said sanitary district when the sanitary district is in a position to reimburse said costs. The term "costs" as used in this section shall includ…

38 M.R.S. § 1068 Lease of property by sanitary district

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Nothing in this chapter is intended to limit the authority of a sanitary district to enter into a lease and leaseback transaction with respect to some or all of its real or personal property, other than land, and to take all other action necessary or desirable, including, but not…

38 M.R.S. § 1101 Formation

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The formation of a sanitary district is accomplished as follows. [PL 1989, c. 890, Pt. A, §40 (AFF); PL 1989, c. 890, Pt. B, §211 (AMD).] 1. Application. The municipal officers of the municipality or municipalities, or portions thereof, or the residents of unorganized territory, …

38 M.R.S. § 1101-A Fees

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The commissioner may establish reasonable application fees for processing applications for the formation of districts under this chapter or chapter 11‑A. The commissioner shall place these fees into a nonlapsing dedicated revenue account, and funds from the account may be used by…

38 M.R.S. § 1102 Approval and organization

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When the residents of the municipality, or each municipality, where more than one is involved, or of the unorganized territory within the proposed sanitary district, have voted upon the formation of a proposed sanitary district and all of the other questions submitted therewith, …

38 M.R.S. § 1103 Transfer of property and assets

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When the territory of a municipality falls within a sanitary district which has been issued its certificate of organization and has assumed the management and control of the operation of the sewage facilities within its territorial limits, the trustees of said sanitary district s…

38 M.R.S. § 1104 Trustees

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1. Authorization. All the affairs of a sanitary district are managed by an elected board of trustees which consists of not less than 3 trustees, or not less than 5 trustees in sanitary districts involving more than one municipality or one or more municipalities and residents of a…

38 M.R.S. § 1105 Election of trustees

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Trustees shall be nominated and elected in the same manner as municipal officers are nominated and elected under Title 30‑A, or in accordance with a municipal charter, whichever is applicable; or, in the case of unorganized territory, in accordance with the procedure for the orga…

38 M.R.S. § 1106 Operational date of sanitary districts

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Notwithstanding the prior issuance of a certificate of organization, a sanitary district is not in operation and may not exercise any of its powers granted in this chapter until the date set by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection as provided in section 1105. On that date…

38 M.R.S. § 1151 Powers

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Each sanitary district formed under this chapter shall have the power, within the district, within the territory of any adjoining municipality, and within any adjoining unorganized territory, to lay pipes, drains, sewers and conduits, and to take up, repair and maintain the same …

38 M.R.S. § 1151-A Enforcement power

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A sanitary district may seek in a civil action injunctive relief from an industrial user that violates any pretreatment standard or requirement administered by the district. The district may seek a civil penalty of up to $1,000 a day for each violation by an industrial user of a …

38 M.R.S. § 1152 Right of eminent domain

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Each sanitary district formed under this chapter is authorized and empowered to acquire and hold real and personal property necessary or convenient for its purposes, and is granted the right of eminent domain, and for such purposes is authorized to take and hold, either by exerci…

38 M.R.S. § 1152-A Procedure in exercise of right of eminent domain

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The right of eminent domain granted in section 1152 may only be exercised after complying with the following procedures. [PL 1981, c. 466, §5 (NEW).] 1. Notice to owner. The district shall provide notice to the owner as follows. A. The owner or owners of record shall be notified …

38 M.R.S. § 1153 Condemnation proceedings

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Each sanitary district formed under this chapter, in exercising from time to time the right of eminent domain conferred upon it by section 1152, shall file in the office of the county commissioners of the county in which the property to be taken is located and cause to be recorde…

38 M.R.S. § 1154 Appeal

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If a person sustaining damages by any taking by a sanitary district under section 1153 does not agree with the district upon the sum to be paid therefor, either party, upon petition to the county commissioners of the county in which the property is located, may have the damages a…

38 M.R.S. § 1155 Crossing other public utilities

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If any sewer line of any sanitary district formed under this chapter crosses the property or line of any other public utility, unless consent is given by such other public utility as to place, manner and conditions of the crossing within 30 days after such consent is requested by…

38 M.R.S. § 1156 Entry of private sewer

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A person may enter the person's private sewer into any sewer of a sanitary district formed under this chapter while the same is under construction and before completion of such sewer at the point of entry, on obtaining a permit in writing from the trustees of the district; but af…

38 M.R.S. § 1157 Contracts for disposal of sewage

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Any sanitary district formed under this chapter is authorized to contract with persons, corporations, districts and other municipalities, both inside and outside the boundaries of the district, and with the State of Maine and the United States Government or any agency of either, …

38 M.R.S. § 1158 Conditions for carrying out work

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When any sanitary district formed under this chapter shall enter, dig up or excavate any public way or other land for the purpose of laying its sewers, drains or pipes, constructing manholes or catch basins or their appurtenances, or maintaining the same, or for any other purpose…

38 M.R.S. § 1159 Inspection of sewers

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The officers or agents of each sanitary district formed under this chapter shall have free access to all premises served by its sewers, at all reasonable hours, for inspection of plumbing and sewage fixtures, to ascertain the quality and quantity of sewage discharged and the mann…

38 M.R.S. § 1160 Connection of private sewers

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Every building in a sanitary district formed under this chapter intended for human habitation or occupancy or with facilities for discharge or disposal of wastewater or commercial or industrial waste that is accessible to a sewer or drain of such district must have a sanitary sew…

38 M.R.S. § 1161 Injury to property of districts

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Any person who shall place, discharge or leave any offensive or injurious matter or material on or in the conduits, catch basins or receptacles of any sanitary district formed under this chapter contrary to its regulations, or shall knowingly injure any conduit, pipe, reservoir, …

38 M.R.S. § 1162 Expansion of sanitary district boundaries

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A sanitary district may expand the boundaries of the sanitary district in the same manner as is provided for the formation of the sanitary district in section 1101.

38 M.R.S. § 1163 Sewer extensions

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1. Assurance. A sanitary district may not construct any sewer extension unless it acquires from the municipal officers or the designee of the municipal officers of any municipality through which the sewer extension will pass written assurance that: A. Any development, lot or unit…

38 M.R.S. § 1163-A Coordination with municipal planning

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To facilitate coordination of municipal planning and sewer extension planning: [PL 1993, c. 721, Pt. B, §4 (NEW); PL 1993, c. 721, Pt. H, §1 (AFF).] 1. Sanitary districts. The trustees of a sanitary district shall cooperate with municipal officials in the development of municipal…

38 M.R.S. § 1164 Investments

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A sanitary district may invest its funds, including sinking funds, reserve funds and trust funds in accordance with this section. This section is in addition to, and not in limitation of, any power of a sanitary district to invest its funds. [PL 2017, c. 151, §6 (AMD).] 1. Deposi…

38 M.R.S. § 1201 Bonds and notes

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1. Authorization of bonds. Any sanitary district formed under this chapter may provide by resolution of its board of trustees, without district vote, except as provided in subsection 10, for the borrowing of money and the issuance from time to time of bonds for any of its corpora…

38 M.R.S. § 1202 Rates

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All persons, firms and corporations, whether public, private or municipal, shall pay to the treasurer of any district formed under this chapter the rates, tolls, rents, entrance charges and other lawful charges established by the trustees for the sewer or drainage service used or…

38 M.R.S. § 1202-A Impact fees and connection fees; affordable housing

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Notwithstanding section 1202, the trustees may reduce the impact fee or connection fee, as those terms are defined in Title 30‑A, section 5061, for sewer service to newly constructed affordable housing in accordance with Title 30‑A, chapter 202‑A.

38 M.R.S. § 1203 Assessments

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When any sanitary district formed under this chapter has constructed and completed a common sewer, the trustees may, if they so determine, in order to defray a portion of the expense thereof, determine what lots or parcels of land are benefited by such sewer, and estimate and ass…

38 M.R.S. § 1204 Appeal on assessment

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Any person aggrieved by the decision of said trustees as it relates to any assessment for sewer construction under section 1203 shall have the same rights of appeal as are provided in the case of laying out of town ways.

38 M.R.S. § 1205 Lien for unpaid assessments

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All assessments made under section 1203 create a lien upon each and every lot or parcel of land so assessed and the buildings upon the same. The lien takes effect when the trustees file with the clerk of the district the completed assessment, and continues for one year thereafter…

38 M.R.S. § 1206 Civil action for unpaid assessments

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If assessments under section 1203 are not paid, and any such district does not proceed to collect unpaid assessments by proceedings as prescribed in section 1205, or does not collect or is in any manner delayed or defeated in collecting such assessments by proceedings under secti…

38 M.R.S. § 1207 Assessment paid by persons other than owner

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When any assessment under section 1203 shall be paid by any person against whom such assessment has been made, who is not the owner of such lot or parcel of land, then the person so paying the same shall have a lien upon such lot or parcel of land with the buildings thereon for t…

38 M.R.S. § 1207-A Landlord access to tenant bill payment information

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If a tenant is billed for sewer service provided to property rented by the tenant and nonpayment for the service may result in a lien against the property, the sanitary district shall provide to the landlord or the landlord's agent, on request of the landlord or the landlord's ag…

38 M.R.S. § 1208 Collection of unpaid rates

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There is a lien on real estate served or benefited by the sewers of any district formed under this chapter to secure the payment of rates established and due under section 1202, which arises and is perfected as services are provided and takes precedence over all other claims on s…

38 M.R.S. § 1208-A Waiver of automatic foreclosure of lien mortgage

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1. Waiver of sanitary district lien foreclosure. The treasurer of a district, when authorized by the trustees of the district, may waive the foreclosure of a sanitary district lien mortgage created under section 1208 by recording in the registry of deeds a waiver of foreclosure b…

38 M.R.S. § 1209 Supplementary charges

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Any sanitary district formed under this chapter shall be authorized to impose charges, in addition to any other assessments now lawfully imposed by general law, for the use of sewers, sewer systems and treatment works, and the trustees may adopt such rules and regulations as may …

38 M.R.S. § 1210 Competitive bidding

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Any contract in excess of $2,000 between a sanitary district, whether formed under this chapter or by private and special Act of the Legislature, and a contractor for the construction of facilities located on private property for the exclusive use of a private individual and for …