| | | "Shall the (name of municipality) adopt the proposed | | municipal service district charter and thereby form jointly | | with the (names of municipalities) a municipal service | | district that will exercise and assume, in accordance with | | the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 30-A, chapter 112, home- | | rule powers and duties regarding public education, taxation, | | land use regulation and other matters delegated to it under | | the charter?" |
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| | | 5.__Adoption by majority vote in each participating | | municipality.__Upon approval of a majority of those voting in | | each of the participating municipalities, the charter becomes | | effective and the municipal service district is established. |
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| | | §2113.__Charter revision; procedure |
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| | | 1.__Initiation by municipal service district officers.__The | | municipal service district officers may determine that revision | | of the charter for the municipal service district should be | | considered and by order may provide for the establishment of a | | charter commission to carry out that purpose as provided in this | | chapter.__The membership of a charter commission established | | pursuant to this subsection must be determined in accordance with | | section 2112, subsection 1. |
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| | | 2.__Petition by voters.__On the written petition of a number | | of voters equal to at least 20% of the number of votes cast in | | the participating municipalities as a whole at the last | | gubernatorial election, but in no case less than 200, the | | municipal service district officers, in accordance with the | | procedure set forth in subsection 3, shall provide for the | | establishment of a charter commission for the revision of the | | municipal service district charter as provided in this chapter.__ | | The membership of a charter commission established pursuant to | | this subsection must be determined in accordance with section | | 2112, subsection 1. |
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| | | 3.__Petition procedure; petitioner's committee.__The | | procedures for a petition by the voters set forth in subsection 2 | | to establish a charter commission for the revision of the | | municipal service district charter is as set out in this | | subsection. |
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| | | A.__Any 5 registered voters from the municipal service | | district may file an affidavit with the clerk of the | | municipal service district stating: |
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| | | (1)__That these voters will constitute the petitioners' | | committee; |
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