Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1724 – Directors
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1. Authorization. All of the affairs of a disposal district must be managed by an appointed board of directors that consists of not less than 3 directors. The exact number of directors must be determined in accordance with section 1721. Each director is entitled to the number of votes that corresponds to the level of population in that director’s municipality as set forth in the following table, unless an alternative method of apportioning votes is approved by a majority vote of the municipal officers representing each member of the disposal district prior to or at the time of formation.
| Population | No. of Votes | ||
| 0 – 1,000 | 1 | ||
| 1,001 – 2,500 | 2 | ||
| 2,501 – 5,000 | 3 | ||
| 5,001 – 10,000 | 4 | ||
| 10,001 – 15,000 | 5 | ||
| 15,001 – 25,000 | 6 | ||
| 25,001 – 35,000 | 7 | ||
| 35,001 – 50,000 | 8 | ||
| 50,001 – 65,000 | 9 | ||
| 65,001 and over | 10 |
A director may not split votes. In the event a municipality has more than one director, directors from that municipality shall share equally the number of votes for that municipality but may vote independently of each other. A determination of population must be made based upon the latest official Decennial Census of the United States by the United States Bureau of Census. A disposal district may alter the number of its directors by submitting the proposed alteration to the voters in the same manner as provided in section 1721, subsection 7. No municipality within any disposal district may have less than one director. A quorum of the directors may conduct the affairs of the district even if there is a vacancy on the board of directors. A quorum is defined as a simple majority of eligible and appointed directors, provided that a majority of the member municipalities are represented. A simple majority of directors voting, either in person or by written consent, may conduct the affairs of the district.
[PL 1999, c. 557, §1 (AMD).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1724
- Disposal: means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking or placing of any solid waste into or on any land or water in a manner such that the solid waste, or any constituent of the solid waste, may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any water, including ground waters. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1705
- disposal district: means any district formed under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1705
- Majority: when used in reference to age shall mean the age of 18 and over. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
- Municipal officers: means the mayor and municipal officers or councilors of a city, the members of the select board or councilors of a town and the assessors of a plantation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
- Municipality: means municipality as defined in Title 30?A, section 2001, and includes plantations and unorganized territories. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1705
- Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
- United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
2. Term. Subject to section 1721, subsection 5, as to the duration of terms to be served by initial directors, all directors shall hold office for 3 years and until their successors are duly appointed and qualified. Any representative may be appointed to successive terms without limit.
[PL 1983, c. 820, §2 (NEW).]
3. Vacancy. Any vacancy on the board of directors must be filled within 30 days after the vacancy occurs by appointment of the municipal officers of the municipality that the appointee is to represent. An appointee to a vacancy serves until the expiration of the term of the representative to whose position the appointment was made and may be reappointed.
[RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. B, §290 (COR).]
4. Directors’ retirement. Directors shall not be eligible to join the Maine Public Employees Retirement System as a result of their selection as directors.
[PL 1983, c. 820, §2 (NEW); PL 2007, c. 58, §3 (REV).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1983, c. 820, §2 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 11, §1 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 597, §1 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 557, §1 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 58, §3 (REV). RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. B, §290 (COR).