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Sec. 4. 30-A MRSA §7207, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 216, §2, is
amended to read:

 
The local committee may incorporate the comments and
suggestions received from the commission into the deorganization
procedure. The local committee shall immediately notify the
municipal officers and the county commissioners of the county
where the municipality considering deorganization is located when
the deorganization procedure has been completed.

 
Sec. 5. 30-A MRSA §7207, sub-§2-A is enacted to read:

 
2-A.__Advisory referendum in unorganized territory.__After
receiving notice from the local committee that the deorganization
procedure is complete, the county commissioners may hold an

 
advisory referendum on the deorganization in the unorganized
territory in the county according to the procedures provided in
this subsection.__The county commissioners may not hold an
advisory referendum until a system for identifying voters in the
unorganized territory is established.__Any advisory referendum
must be held within 60 days of the receipt of notice from the
municipality that the deorganization process is complete.

 
The method of voting must be by secret ballot in the manner
prescribed for state elections.__The county commissioners shall
notify the residents of the unorganized territory of the date on
which the referendum will be held.__The county clerk shall
prepare the ballots on which the following question must appear:

 
"Do you support the deorganization of (name of
municipality)?"

 
The legal voters of the unorganized territory shall vote by
ballot on this question and shall designate their choice by a
cross or check mark placed within a corresponding square below
the words "Yes" or "No."__The ballots must be received, sorted
and counted by the county clerk, and the county commissioners
shall declare the results of the vote.__The county clerk shall
file a certificate of the advisory referendum results with the
Secretary of State within 10 days of the advisory referendum.__
The clerk shall forward the results of the advisory referendum to
the commission and to the executive director, who shall forward
the results of the vote to the joint standing committee of the
Legislature having jurisdiction over local government matters.

 
Sec. 6. 30-A MRSA §7209, sub-§4 is enacted to read:

 
4.__Limitation.__If the voters of a municipality reject
deorganization in an advisory referendum held pursuant to this


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