The local committee may incorporate the comments and suggestions received from the commission into the deorganization procedure. The local committee shall immediately notify the municipal officers and the county commissioners of the county where the municipality considering deorganization is located when the deorganization procedure has been completed.

Sec. 5. 30-A MRSA §7207, sub-§2-A is enacted to read:

2-A.__Advisory referendum in unorganized territory.__After receiving notice from the local committee that the deorganization procedure is complete, the county commissioners may hold an

advisory referendum on the deorganization in the unorganized territory in the county according to the procedures provided in this subsection.__The county commissioners may not hold an advisory referendum until a system for identifying voters in the unorganized territory is established.__Any advisory referendum must be held within 60 days of the receipt of notice from the municipality that the deorganization process is complete.

The method of voting must be by secret ballot in the manner prescribed for state elections.__The county commissioners shall notify the residents of the unorganized territory of the date on which the referendum will be held.__The county clerk shall prepare the ballots on which the following question must appear:

"Do you support the deorganization of (name of municipality)?"

The legal voters of the unorganized territory shall vote by ballot on this question and shall designate their choice by a cross or check mark placed within a corresponding square below the words "Yes" or "No."__The ballots must be received, sorted and counted by the county clerk, and the county commissioners shall declare the results of the vote.__The county clerk shall file a certificate of the advisory referendum results with the Secretary of State within 10 days of the advisory referendum.__ The clerk shall forward the results of the advisory referendum to the commission and to the executive director, who shall forward the results of the vote to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over local government matters.

Sec. 6. 30-A MRSA §7209, sub-§4 is enacted to read:

4.__Limitation.__If the voters of a municipality reject deorganization in an advisory referendum held pursuant to this