PUBLIC Law, Chapter 328, An Act To Reduce the Time Period after Which a Member Municipality May Petition To Withdraw from a Regional School Unit

An Act To Reduce the Time Period after Which a Member Municipality May Petition To Withdraw from a Regional School Unit

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §1466, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 580, §9, is amended to read:

1. Petition. The Beginning January 1, 2012, the residents of a municipality that has been a member of a regional school unit for at least 3 years 30 months may petition to withdraw from the regional school unit in accordance with this subsection.

A. Ten percent of the number of voters in the municipality who voted at the last gubernatorial election must sign the petition to withdraw from the regional school unit.

B. At least 10 days before the special election called pursuant to this paragraph, the municipal officers of the municipality within the regional school unit shall hold a posted or otherwise advertised public hearing on the petition. The municipal officers shall call and hold a special election in the manner provided for the calling and holding of town meetings or city elections to vote on the withdrawal from the regional school unit.

C. The petition to withdraw from the regional school unit must be approved by secret ballot by a majority vote of the voters present and voting before it may be presented to the regional school unit board and the commissioner. Voting in towns must be conducted in accordance with Title 30-A, sections 2528 and 2529, even if the towns have not accepted the provisions of Title 30-A, section 2528, and voting in cities must be conducted in accordance with Title 21-A.

For the purposes of this subsection, the 3-year 30-month period after which a petition to withdraw may be considered in a member municipality of a school administrative district that was reformulated as a regional school unit pursuant to Public Law 2007, chapter 240, Part XXXX, section 36, subsection 12 is 3 years 30 months after the original operational date of the school administrative district; and the 3-year 30-month period after which a petition to withdraw may be considered in a member municipality of a school administrative district that did not reformulate as a regional school unit but that became a member entity of an alternative organizational structure is 3 years 30 months after the operational date of the alternative organizational structure.

Sec. 2. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2012.

Effective January 1, 2012.

HP0121 LD 139	PUBLIC Law, Chapter 328 Signed on 2011-06-14 00:00:00.0 - First Regular Session - 125th Maine Legislature
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