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prior to the vote and an opportunity for an absentee | ballot. Information designed to influence the vote | of the member may not be provided with the notice | and the absentee ballot; |
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| (b) Members may not be subjected to undue | influence regarding the vote; |
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| (c) A majority of all valid ballots received must | be in favor of smoking; and |
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| (d) The ballot and procedures for voting and | making available, collecting and counting absentee | ballots must meet the requirements established by | rule adopted by the Maine Center for Disease | Control and Prevention. |
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| (3) The qualifying club must have provided written | notice to the Maine Center for Disease Control and | Prevention of the results of the vote within 30 days of | the vote. |
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| C. The qualifying club may allow smoking under authority of | this subsection for no longer than 3 years from the date of | the vote. |
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| D. The qualifying club may revote under this subsection at | any time. |
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| E. The qualifying club must have retained all ballots for | at least 3 years and make them available to the Maine Center | for Disease Control and Prevention upon request. |
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| F. The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention | shall adopt rules to implement this subsection. Rules | adopted pursuant to this subparagraph are major substantive | rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. |
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| | Sec. G-3. PL 2005, c. 581, §4 is amended to read: |
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| | *Sec. 4. Transition. The provisions of the Maine Revised Statutes, | Title 22, section 1580-A, subsection 9 apply to all votes to | allow smoking in a qualifying club as defined in section 1580-A, | subsection 2, paragraph C-2, except that a qualifying club that | held a vote in favor of smoking under authority of Title 22, | section 1580-A, subsection 7 between July 1, 2005 and August | September 1, 2006 may allow smoking under authority of that vote | until August September 1, 2008. |
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