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LR 2165
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as to its sufficiency in the manner provided for an
original petition under paragraph D.

 
(3)__When an original or supplementary petition has
been certified insufficient under paragraph D, the
committee, within 2 days after receiving the copy of
the clerk's certificate, may file a request with the
municipal service district officers for review.__The
municipal service district officers shall inspect the
petitions in substantially the same form, manner and
time as a recount hearing under section 2531-A and
shall make due certificate of that inspection. The
municipal service district officers shall file a copy
of that certificate with the clerk and mail a copy to
the committee. The certificate of the municipal service
district officers is a final determination of the
sufficiency of the petitions.

 
(4)__Any petition finally determined to be insufficient
is void. The clerk shall stamp the petition void and
seal and retain it in the manner required for secret
ballots.

 
4. Election procedure.__Within 30 days after the adoption of
an order under subsection 1 or the receipt of a certificate or
final determination of sufficiency under subsection 3, the clerk
of the municipal service district shall promptly notify the
municipal officers of each participating municipality, who shall
by order submit the question for the establishment of a charter
commission pursuant to this section to the voters at the next
regular or special municipal election held at least 90 days after
the order.

 
5.__Ballot question.__The question for the establishment of a
charter commission pursuant to this section to be submitted to
the voters in each participating municipality must be in
substance as follows:

 
"Shall a charter commission be established for the purpose
of revising the municipal service district charter of (name
of municipal service district), in which (name of
municipality) is a participating municipality?"

 
6.__Adoption by majority vote.__Upon approval of a majority of
those voting in the municipal service district, the charter
revision commission is established.

 
7.__Charter commission operation.__The charter commission
shall conduct itself in accordance with section 2103, subsections
2, 3, 5 and 8.


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