Brunswick Sewer District Charter History

Brunswick Sewer District

10 Pine Tree Road, Brunswick, Maine 04011

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CHARTER

Legislative History

Chapter	Law	Year	Subject
77	Private & Special	1947	Original Charter of the Brunswick Sewer District.
58	Private & Special	1951	Transferring title to catch basins and the drainage of public ways from the sanitary sewer system to the Town of Brunswick.
68	Private & Special	1955	Enabling the District to assess individual lots and to enforce these assessments by lien; authorizing free access to premises; authorizing abatements.
18	Private & Special	1959	Expanding the territory of the District an additional one-half mile “from the present Town Hall”.
12	Private & Special	1965	Authorizing the power of eminent domain, and establishing damages upon its exercise.
165	Private & Special	1965	Expanding the territory of the District and establishing the area by meets and bounds.
80	Private & Special	1967	Authorizing the Trustees to borrow money and issue bonds and notes, and procedures therefore, up to $ 2,000,000.
88	Private & Special	1967	Increasing the salary of the Trustees to $ 300 per year; Chairman $ 500 per year.
21	Private & Special	1969	Expanding the territory of the District.
89	Private & Special	1973	Authorizing the District to enter into an agreement with the Topsham Sewer District to treat its sewage and septic tank waste.
86	Private & Special	1978	Authorizing indebtedness of the District to be increased to $ 3,500,000.
60	Private & Special	1981	Changing compensation of Trustees; granting additional powers to enter into contracts with municipalities, other sewer districts, or other persons.
103	Private & Special	1982	Revising the entire Charter of the District.
102	Private & Special	1986	Amending the revised Charter concerning bonding, rates, and assessments.
104	Private & Special	1988	Amending the revised Charter to permit construction of new facilities, authorizing an increased amount of debt.
19	Private & Special	2003	Amending the revised Charter to extend the boundary of the District to include the growth area designated on the Town of Brunswick's zoning map and any subsequent expansions of growth area, and allow further extension by action of the Town Council when a threat to public health, safety or welfare is determined to exist.