Maine § 30-A §3504 Management

Maine Statutes

§ 30-A §3504 — Management

Maine·Title 30-A MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES·Part 2 MUNICIPALITIES·Ch. 163 TRANSPORTATION

The affairs of a district formed under section 3502 or 3502‑A must be managed by a board of directors chosen from the inhabitants of the municipality or municipalities composing the district.

1.Number of directors. Except as provided in subsection 3, each municipality is entitled to one director for each 10,000 inhabitants of the municipality or fraction of that number, as determined by the latest Federal Decennial Census, in accordance with the following schedule:

2.Appointment; terms; quorum. The municipal officers of each municipality shall appoint the directors of a district. Initially, the directors' terms of office must be determined by lot at their first organizational meeting as follows: One-third of those appointed serve for 3 years, 1/3 for 2 years and the remaining number for

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The affairs of a district formed under section 3502 or 3502‑A must be managed by a board of directors chosen from the inhabitants of the municipality or municipalities composing the district.
1.
Number of directors.
Except as provided in subsection 3, each municipality is entitled to one director for each 10,000 inhabitants of the municipality or fraction of that number, as determined by the latest Federal Decennial Census, in accordance with the following schedule:
2.
Appointment; terms; quorum.
The municipal officers of each municipality shall appoint the directors of a district. Initially, the directors' terms of office must be determined by lot at their first organizational meeting as follows: One-third of those appointed serve for 3 years, 1/3 for 2 years and the remaining number for one year. All subsequent appointments are for a term of 3 years. Directors serve until their successors have been appointed, with vacancies being filled for the unexpired portion of the respective terms.
3.
Greater Portland Transit District.
The board of directors of the Greater Portland Transit District, composed of the City of Portland, the City of Westbrook and the Town of Falmouth, consists of 5 directors appointed from the City of Portland, 3 directors appointed from the City of Westbrook and 2 directors appointed from the Town of Falmouth. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this chapter, the board of directors of the Greater Portland Transit District may receive and accept applications for membership from other municipalities located wholly or partially within, or contiguous to, the Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation System whether or not they are contiguous to other members of the Greater Portland Transit District and may determine the number of directors to be appointed from those municipalities to the board of directors of the Greater Portland Transit District on any basis that is mutually agreed upon by the municipality applying for membership and the board of directors of the Greater Portland Transit District. The member municipalities may, by ordinance, provide that their appointees serve at the will of the appointing power or for terms that are shorter than those established in subsection 2.

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Legislative History

PL 1987, c. 737, §§A2,C106 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 104, §§C8,10 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 18, §2 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 242, §§6, 7 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 554, §1 (AMD).