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appear on a common ballot in each participating municipality and | | must be arranged alphabetically by last name. |
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| | | 2.__Terms of proposed charter.__The proposed municipal service | | district charter under this section must include: |
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| | | A.__The names of the participating municipalities; |
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| | | B.__The name of the proposed municipal service district, | | which must be distinguishable from the name of any | | municipality in the State other than one or more of the | | participating municipalities, and the proposed location of | | the municipal service district office; |
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| | | C.__The property, real and personal, belonging to each | | participating municipality and its fair value and whether | | any such property will be provided to the municipal service | | district for its use, and the terms of that use; |
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| | | D.__The indebtedness, bonded and otherwise, of each | | participating municipality; |
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| | | E. Provision for assumption of 50% of the general obligation | | debt of each participating municipality in the municipal | | service district by the State as provided by section 5686; |
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| | | F.__Provision for application or expenditure of cost savings | | realized through formation of the municipal service district | | and funds received from the Municipal Service District Fund | | established in chapter 112-A, as follows: |
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| | | (1)__Fifty percent to fund public education needs, as | | identified in the budget prepared for the municipal | | service district's school management unit; and |
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| | | (2)__Fifty percent to reduce the property tax burden, | | as defined in section 5681, subsection 2, paragraph B | | in the municipal service district's participating | | municipalities. |
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| | | The municipal service district shall allocate funds or cost | | savings under this paragraph proportionally among its | | participating municipalities, based on their populations as | | determined by the latest Federal Decennial Census or as | | determined and certified by the Department of Human Services, | | whichever is later.__For purposes of this paragraph, cost savings | | must be calculated in accordance with a methodology established | | by rule by the Department of Administrative and Financial | | Services pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375.__Rules adopted | | pursuant to this paragraph are |
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