Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §7201-A is enacted to read:

§7201-A.__Deorganization requirements

Before a municipality is eligible to deorganize, the following requirements must be met:

1.__Fifty percent requirement.__At least 50% of the boundary of the municipality must be contiguous with the unorganized territories.__The Maine Land Use Regulation Commission shall determine whether the 50% requirement is met;

2.__Population.__The municipality may not have a population of more than 200 residents;

3.__Budget deficit.__The municipality may not have a budget deficit;

4.__Municipal roads.__Municipal roads must be in compliance with state standards; and

5.__Municipal property.__Municipal officers and the commission must identify all real and personal property owned by the municipality that is necessary to fulfill the functions of public service requirements for the county in which the municipality is located.__All property that does not meet this standard must be sold prior to the completion of the deorganization.

Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §7202, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 216, §2, is amended to read:

The voters of any municipality may petition for consideration of deorganization of the municipality by following the petition procedure of section 2528, subsection 5. On the written petition of a number of voters equal to at least 10% 50% of the number of votes cast in the municipality at the last gubernatorial election, but in no case less than 10, requesting a municipal meeting for the purpose of discussing and determining whether the municipality should deorganize, the municipal officers shall call and hold a special meeting in the manner provided for the calling and holding of town meetings or city elections to discuss deorganization of the municipality and to decide whether to develop a deorganization procedure.

Sec. 3. 30-A MRSA §7209, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 216, §2, is amended to read:

§7209. Final approval by the voters