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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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