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LR 2165
Item 1

 
"Shall the (name of municipality) adopt the proposed
municipal service district charter and thereby form jointly
with the (names of municipalities) a municipal service
district that will exercise and assume, in accordance with
the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 30-A, chapter 112, home-
rule powers and duties regarding public education, taxation,
land use regulation and other matters delegated to it under
the charter?"

 
5.__Adoption by majority vote in each participating
municipality.__Upon approval of a majority of those voting in
each of the participating municipalities, the charter becomes
effective and the municipal service district is established.

 
§2113.__Charter revision; procedure

 
1.__Initiation by municipal service district officers.__The
municipal service district officers may determine that revision
of the charter for the municipal service district should be
considered and by order may provide for the establishment of a
charter commission to carry out that purpose as provided in this
chapter.__The membership of a charter commission established
pursuant to this subsection must be determined in accordance with
section 2112, subsection 1.

 
2.__Petition by voters.__On the written petition of a number
of voters equal to at least 20% of the number of votes cast in
the participating municipalities as a whole at the last
gubernatorial election, but in no case less than 200, the
municipal service district officers, in accordance with the
procedure set forth in subsection 3, shall provide for the
establishment of a charter commission for the revision of the
municipal service district charter as provided in this chapter.__
The membership of a charter commission established pursuant to
this subsection must be determined in accordance with section
2112, subsection 1.

 
3.__Petition procedure; petitioner's committee.__The
procedures for a petition by the voters set forth in subsection 2
to establish a charter commission for the revision of the
municipal service district charter is as set out in this
subsection.

 
A.__Any 5 registered voters from the municipal service
district may file an affidavit with the clerk of the
municipal service district stating:

 
(1)__That these voters will constitute the petitioners'
committee;


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