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appear on a common ballot in each participating municipality and
must be arranged alphabetically by last name.

 
2.__Terms of proposed charter.__The proposed municipal service
district charter under this section must include:

 
A.__The names of the participating municipalities;

 
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;

 
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;

 
D.__The indebtedness, bonded and otherwise, of each
participating municipality;

 
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;

 
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:

 
(1)__Fifty percent to fund public education needs, as
identified in the budget prepared for the municipal
service district's school management unit; and

 
(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.

 
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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