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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 2303

  • Municipality: includes cities, towns and plantations, except that "municipality" does not include plantations in Title 10, chapter 110, subchapter IV; or Title 30?A, Part 2. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • Public utility: includes every gas utility, natural gas pipeline utility, transmission and distribution utility, telephone utility, water utility and ferry, as those terms are defined in this section, and each of those utilities is declared to be a public utility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
  • Water utility: includes every person, its lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court, owning, controlling, operating or managing any water works for compensation within this State, including any aqueduct organized under former Title 35, chapter 261 and any of its predecessors. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
Every water utility organized under the general or special laws of this State and authorized to do public utility business in this State may lay its pipe in and under the roads and streets in any municipality in which it is authorized to supply water or through which it is necessary or convenient to lay the pipe to supply water from its source of supply to enable it to provide its service, subject to the conditions and under the restrictions provided in this chapter and chapter 25. [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]
The installation and maintenance of a water utility plant by a utility in accordance with the location permit constitutes compliance by the utility with the requirements of section 2514. [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]
A water utility shall comply with sections 2503, 2505, 2506 and 2512. [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY

PL 1987, c. 141, §A6 (NEW).