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§7602.__Authority and organization

 
A town established under this chapter may organize and conduct
its affairs in the same manner as other towns organized and
operating under general law.__ The powers and duties of the town
are identical to those of other towns under general law.__Upon
incorporation, registered voters of the town shall vote to name
the town, to elect municipal officers and to establish a seat of
government for the town.

 
§7603.__Municipal services

 
The county commissioners of a town established under this
chapter shall develop a plan to phase out the provision of
municipal services to the residents of the previously unorganized
areas as authorized under section 7501, except that the town may
choose to contract with the county commissioners of the county in
which the town is located to continue to provide municipal
services to some or all of the previously unorganized areas that
constitute the town.__The contracting authority must be granted
by the registered voters of the town to the municipal officers at
annual meetings.

 
§7604. Taxation and revenue

 
The municipal officers of a town established under this
chapter may raise and collect all taxes necessary for the
operation of the town and its schools.__Municipal officials may
allocate and expend all municipal tax revenue raised and
collected in the town for the operation of the town's government
and schools.

 
§7605.__Disposition of unorganized territory funds, contingency

 
and reserve accounts

 
The county commissioners of the county in which a town
established under this chapter is located shall transfer to the
town, once the town is incorporated, the balance of funds in the
county's unorganized territory fund established under section
7502.__Upon transfer of the funds into the town's general
operating account, the town may expend the funds for any services
authorized by the town in any area of the town.__The transferred
funds may also be used to reduce the amount to be collected in
taxes in the same town during any budget year.

 
The county commissioners of the county in which a town
established under this chapter is located shall transfer to the
town, once the town is incorporated, the balance of any
contingent account or capital reserve account established by the
county under section 7502.__The funds must be transferred into


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