§2122.__Withdrawal of municipality from municipal service

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1.__Withdrawal of single participating municipality.__The municipal officers of or voters in a participating municipality may petition for withdrawal from the municipal service district in the manner provided for petition for the dissolution of a municipal service district pursuant to section 2123, except that:

A.__The petition required under section 2123, subsection 1 must be signed by 20% of the number of voters in the municipality seeking to withdraw who voted at the last gubernatorial election;

B.__The dissolution agreement must effect division of property, assets and liabilities and allocation of responsibilities between the municipality petitioning for withdrawal and the municipal service district; and

C.__Only a simple majority vote of those casting valid ballots in the municipality seeking to withdraw is required to effectuate withdrawal of that municipality from the municipal service district.

2.__Repayment to State.__A participating municipality that withdraws from a municipal service district as provided in subsection 1 shall repay to the Municipal Service District Fund established in chapter 112-A an amount equal to that municipality's pro rata share of funds provided to the pertinent municipal service district from the Municipal Service District Fund during the time that the municipality was within that municipal service district.

§2123.__Dissolution of municipal service district

1.__Twenty percent petition.__Upon receipt by municipal service district officers of a written petition that seeks to dissolve a municipal service district and establishes a maximum figure for the cost of preparing a dissolution agreement signed by 20% of the number of voters in a municipal service district as a whole who voted at the last gubernatorial election, with no more than half the required number registered in any one participating municipality, the municipal officers of each participating municipality shall call and hold a special election, in the manner provided for the calling and holding of town meetings or city elections in each respective municipality, to vote on the dissolution of the municipal service district.