---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Clarify The Financial Authority Of Sewer And Sanitary Districts"
description: "An Act To Clarify The Financial Authority Of Sewer And Sanitary Districts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 759"
citation: "Maine LD 759 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["UTILITY DISTRICTS", "FEES", "COLLECTION PROCESS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-03-02"
last_action: "2017-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c89d93f-4233-44d1-8333-7f1cc5e51546"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280063693"
source_hash: "cbe08d1bedeab556768b944b8755d63050a5e2e8f6577187fbfa5fc30ce99ccc"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
---

# Maine LD 759 (128) — An Act To Clarify The Financial Authority Of Sewer And Sanitary Districts

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/HP053901.asp)

## Sponsors

- CARSON — cosponsor (person)
- COLLINS — cosponsor (person)
- CUSHING — cosponsor (person)
- DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)
- HANLEY — cosponsor (person)
- HARVELL — cosponsor (person)
- TUCKER — cosponsor (person)
- WADSWORTH — cosponsor (person)
- WOODSOME — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-03-02** Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology suggested and ordered printed.
- **2017-03-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-03-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-31** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-05-31** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-05-31** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-343).
- **2017-05-31** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-05** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2017-06-05** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-05** Committee Amendment "A" (H-343) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-06-05** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-343), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-05** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2017-06-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-06-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-08** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-06-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c89d93f-4233-44d1-8333-7f1cc5e51546`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).