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LR 2165
Item 1

 
"Shall the municipality approve the charter modification
recommended by the charter commission and reprinted
(summarized) below?"

 
2. Charter amendment.__In the case of a charter amendment the
question to be submitted to the voters must be in substance as
follows:

 
"Shall the municipality approve the charter amendment
reprinted (summarized) below?"

 
3.__Voter information.__Reports must be made available and
summaries prepared and made available in substantially the same
form, manner and time as provided in section 2105, subsection 3.

 
4.__Effective date.__If a majority of the ballots cast in the
municipal service district on any question under subsection 1 or
2 favors acceptance, the charter revision, charter modification
or charter amendment becomes effective as provided in this
subsection, provided the total number of votes cast for and
against the question equals or exceeds 30% of the total votes
cast in the participating municipalities as a whole at the last
gubernatorial election.

 
A.__Except as provided in subparagraph (1), charter
revisions or charter modifications adopted by the voters
take effect on the first day of the next succeeding
municipal year.

 
(1)__Charter revisions or charter modifications take
effect immediately for the purpose of conducting any
elections required by the new provisions.

 
B.__Charter amendments adopted by the voters take effect on
the date determined by the municipal service district
officers, but not later than the first day of the next
municipal year.

 
§2116.__Recording

 
Within 3 days after the results of an election under section
2115 have been declared, the municipal service district clerk
shall prepare and sign identical certificates setting forth any
charter that has been revised and any charter modification or
amendment approved.__The clerk shall send one certificate to each
of the following:

 
1.__Secretary of State.__The office of the Secretary of State,
to be recorded;


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