| | 9.__Compensation.__Legislative members of the advisory group | are entitled to receive the legislative per diem as defined in | Title 3, section 2 and reimbursement for expenses according to | Title 5, section 12004-I, subsection 75-C.__Public members not | otherwise compensated by their employers or other entities that | they represent are entitled to receive reimbursement of necessary | expenses incurred for their attendance at authorized meetings of | the advisory group from the Executive Department, State Planning | Office, subject to the approval of the Director of the State | Planning Office. |
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| | 10.__Quorum; actions.__A quorum is a majority of the members | of the advisory group.__An affirmative vote of the majority of | the members present at a meeting is required for any action. |
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| | Sec. 13. 30-A MRSA §2201, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 | and Pt. C, §106 and amended by PL 1989, c. 6; c. 9, §2; and c. | 104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is further amended to read: |
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| | It is the purpose of this chapter to permit municipalities | public agencies, as defined in section 2202, including, but not | limited to, municipalities, counties, school administrative units | and state agencies, to make the most efficient use of their | powers by enabling them to cooperate with other municipalities on | a basis of mutual advantage and thereby to provide services and | facilities in a manner and pursuant to forms of governmental | organization that will accord best with geographic, economic, | population and other factors influencing the needs and | development of local communities. |
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| | Sec. 14. 30-A MRSA §2202, sub-§1, ¶A, as amended by PL 1993, c. 279, | §1, is further amended to read: |
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| A. Any political subdivision of the State, as defined in | section 2252, or any adjoining state; or |
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| | Sec. 15. 30-A MRSA §2202, sub-§1, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 737, | Pt. A, §2 and Pt. C, §106 and amended by PL 1989, c. 6; c. 9, §2 | and c. 104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is repealed. |
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| | Sec. 16. 30-A MRSA §7209, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 297, §6, | is amended to read: |
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| | 4. Limitation. If the voters of a municipality reject | deorganization in an advisory referendum a vote held pursuant to | this section, the municipality may not submit a deorganization | plan to the Legislature for a period of 3 years from the date of | that advisory referendum vote. |
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