§2001. Watershed districts authorized Watershed districts may be created pursuant to this section to protect, restore and maintain the natural functions and values of coastal wetlands; freshwater wetlands; rivers, streams and great ponds; coastal harbors; bays; estuaries and marine waters and to manage and conserve the land and water resources of watersheds of those resources […]
§2002. Formation 1. Initiation. The municipal officers of the municipality or municipalities, or portions of the municipality or municipalities, or the residents of unorganized territory who desire to form a watershed district shall file a statement of intent to organize on a form or forms to be prepared by the commissioner, setting forth the name […]
§2003. Approval and organization When the residents of the municipality or each municipality, when more than one is involved, or the unorganized territory within the proposed watershed district have voted upon the formation of a proposed watershed district and all of the other questions submitted therewith, the clerk of each municipality and, when the proposed […]
§2004. Trustees 1. Authorization. All the affairs of a watershed district shall be managed by a board of trustees. The board shall consist of not less than 3 trustees, or not less than 5 trustees in watershed districts involving more than one municipality or one or more municipalities and residents of an unorganized territory. In […]
§2005. Election of trustees Except for trustees representing participating water districts, whose selection is governed by section 2002, subsection 6‑A, 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 […]
§2006. Operational date of watershed districts On the date set by the commissioner as provided in section 2005, the watershed district becomes operative. [PL 1989, c. 890, Pt. A, §40 (AFF); PL 1989, c. 890, Pt. B, §286 (AMD).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 711 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 890, §§A40,B286 (AMD).
§2007. Powers A watershed district has the following powers. [PL 1987, c. 711 (NEW).] 1. General. Any district organized under this chapter may sue and be sued; make contracts; accept gifts, purchase, lease, devise or otherwise acquire, hold or dispose of real or personal property; disburse money; contract debt; adopt rules; and do such […]
§2008. Budget meeting The trustees of a watershed district shall annually before June 1st call a district budget meeting to approve the operating budget, reserve fund for a capital outlay purpose or capital outlay appropriations in the following manner. [PL 1987, c. 711 (NEW).] 1. Call and notice. Each district budget meeting shall be […]
§2009. Exemption The property, both real and personal, rights and franchises of any watershed district formed under this chapter and held within the boundaries of the district is forever exempt from taxation. [PL 1987, c. 711 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 711 (NEW).
§2010. Assessments Assessments shall be made as follows. [PL 1987, c. 711 (NEW).] 1. Method. Following adoption of the district budget, the trustees shall issue their warrants, in substantially the same form as the warrant of the Treasurer of State, for taxes to each participating municipality and, in the case of unorganized territory, to […]
§2011. Liability Any watershed district formed under this chapter is a governmental entity for the purposes of Title 14, chapter 741. [PL 1987, c. 711 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 711 (NEW).
§2012. State agency assistance The Department of Economic and Community Development, the Department of Environmental Protection and other state agencies with expertise in watershed management shall, to the extent practicable, develop advisory guidelines, models and other technical assistance materials on the watershed planning process for municipalities, interested citizens and others. These agencies shall, upon request […]
§2013. Priority watershed protection grants program A priority watershed protection grants program is established, to be administered by the department, for the purpose of providing financial assistance to entities to conduct projects that implement best management practices or other management measures in order to reduce or eliminate nonpoint source pollution in surface waters of the […]
§2014. Alternative method This chapter may not be construed to limit a municipality’s home rule authority or its ability to form a watershed district through its interlocal cooperation authority under Title 30-A, chapter 115 but provides an additional and alternative method for the formation of a watershed district and provides powers supplemental and additional to […]
