LD 1629
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LR 2165
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(2)__The names and addresses of these voters;

 
(3)__The address to which all notices to the committee
are to be sent; and

 
(4)__That these voters will circulate the petition and
file it in proper form.

 
The petitioners' committee may designate additional
registered voters of the participating municipalities, who
are not members of the committee, to circulate the petition.__
Promptly after the affidavit is filed, the clerk of each
participating municipality shall issue petition blanks to
the committee.

 
B.__The clerk of the municipal service district shall
prepare the petition forms under paragraph A at the
municipal service district's expense. The petition forms
must be printed on paper of uniform size and may consist of
as many individual sheets as are reasonably necessary.

 
(1)__Petition forms must carry the following legend in
bold lettering at the top of the face of each form:

 
"(Name of Municipal Service District)"

 
"Each of the undersigned voters respectfully requests
the officers of the municipal service district to
establish a charter commission for the purpose of
revising the charter of (name of municipal service
district)."

 
(2)__Each signature to a petition must be in ink or
other indelible instrument and must be followed by the
residence of the voter with street and number, if any.__
A petition may not contain a party or political
designation.

 
(3)__The clerk of the municipal service district shall
note the date of each petition form issued.__A petition
must be filed within 120 days of the date of its issue
or it is void.

 
(4)__Each petition form must have printed on its back
an affidavit to be executed by the circulator, stating:

 
(a)__That the circulator personally circulated the
form;

 
(b)__The number of signatures on the form;


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