38 §1101-A. Fees
§1101-A. Fees 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 the department or the board only to pay costs associated with […]
38 §1102. Approval and organization
§1102. Approval and organization 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, the clerk of each of the municipalities, and, […]
38 §1103. Transfer of property and assets
§1103. Transfer of property and assets 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 shall determine what sewer property or […]
38 §1104. Trustees
§1104. Trustees 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 an unorganized territory. The exact number […]
38 §1105. Election of trustees
§1105. Election of trustees 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 organization of larger townships set forth in […]
38 §1106. Operational date of sanitary districts
§1106. Operational date of sanitary districts 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, the sanitary district […]
38 §1151. Powers
§1151. Powers 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 or to contract for the same to be done, in, […]
38 §1151-A. Enforcement power
§1151-A. Enforcement power 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 pretreatment standard or requirement. […]
38 §1152. Right of eminent domain
§1152. Right of eminent domain 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 exercising its right of eminent […]
38 §1063. Purpose
§1063. Purpose 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 the health, welfare, comfort and convenience of the inhabitants […]