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amendment petitions must be the same as provided for charter | | revision petitions under section 2113, including procedures | | relating to filing, sufficiency and amendments. |
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| | | 4.__Amendment constituting revision.__At the request of the | | petitioners' committee, the petition form must also contain the | | following language: |
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| | | "Each of the undersigned voters further requests that if the | | municipal service district officers determine that the amendment | | set out below would, if adopted, constitute a revision of the | | charter, then this petition must be treated as a request for a | | charter commission." |
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| | | Upon receipt of a petition containing this language, the | | municipal service district officers, if they determine with the | | advice of an attorney that the proposed amendment would | | constitute a revision of the charter, shall treat the petition as | | a request for a charter commission and follow the procedures | | applicable to such a request. |
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| | | 5.__Action on petition.__The following procedures must be | | followed upon receipt of a petition certified to be sufficient. |
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| | | A.__Within 10 days after a petition is determined to be | | sufficient, the municipal service district officers, by | | order, shall provide for a public hearing on the proposed | | amendment. At least 7 days before the hearing, they shall | | publish a notice of the hearing in a newspaper having | | general circulation in each participating municipality. The | | notice must contain the text of the proposed amendment and a | | brief explanation.__The hearing must be conducted by the | | municipal service district officers or a committee appointed | | by them. |
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| | | B.__Within 7 days after the public hearing, the municipal | | service district officers or the committee appointed by them | | shall file with the municipal service district clerk a | | report containing the final draft of the proposed amendment | | and a written opinion by an attorney admitted to the bar of | | this State that the proposed amendment does not contain any | | provision prohibited by the general laws, the United States | | Constitution or the Constitution of Maine. In the case of a | | committee report, a copy must also be filed with the | | municipal service district officers. |
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| | | C.__On all petitions filed more than 120 days before the end of | | the current municipal year, the municipal service district | | officers shall order the proposed amendment to be submitted to | | the voters at the next regular or special |
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