| | | Maine, Article IV, Part Third, Section 18, Subsection 2 with | | Initiated Bill 3, Legislative Document 1372 of the 121st | | Legislature, "An Act To Enact the School Finance and Tax Reform | | Act of 2003." It is the further intent of the Legislature that | | this measure be subject to referendum as a competing measure with | | that bill. |
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| | | Sec. E-2. Statutory referendum procedure; submission at statewide election; form of | | question; effective date. This Resolution must be submitted to the legal | | voters of the State of Maine at the next statewide election in | | the month of November following passage of this Resolution as a | | competing measure with Initiated Bill 3, Legislative Document | | 1372 of the 121st Legislature, "An Act To Enact the School | | Finance and Tax Reform Act of 2003." The municipal officers of | | this State shall notify the inhabitants of their respective | | cities, towns and plantations to meet, in the manner prescribed | | by law for holding a statewide election, to vote on the | | acceptance or rejection of this Resolution by voting on the | | following question: |
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| | | "Do you want the State to pay 55% of the annual cost of | | public education and lower property taxes by cutting | | government spending?" |
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| | | The legal voters of each city, town and plantation shall vote | | by ballot on this question and the question established by the | | Secretary of State for Initiated Bill 3 and shall designate their | | choice by a cross or check mark placed in the corresponding | | square next to either the question relating to Initiated Bill 3, | | the question relating to the competing measure or an option of | | against both Initiated Bill 3 and the competing measure. The | | ballots must be received, sorted, counted and declared in open | | ward, town and plantation meetings and returns made to the | | Secretary of State in the same manner as votes for members of the | | Legislature. The Governor shall review the returns and, if it | | appears that a majority of the legal votes are cast in favor of | | the Resolution, the Governor shall proclaim that fact without | | delay, and the Resolution takes effect in accordance with the | | Constitution of Maine, Article IV, Part Third, Section 19. |
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| | | This bill proposes a resolution as a competing measure with | | Initiated Bill 3, Legislative Document 1372 of the 121st | | Legislature, "An Act to Enact the School Finance Act of 2003." |
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| | | This bill provides a comprehensive, self-funded fiscal reform | | package that reduces costs of governmental services now borne by | | municipalities and reduces property tax burdens. This |
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