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commissioners elected immediately following formation of the county | | district.__Terms of those county district commissioners are | | staggered as follows: |
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| | | A.__The commissioner who receives the greatest number of | | votes serves an initial term of 3 years; |
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| | | B.__The commissioner with the next greatest number of votes | | serves 2 years; and |
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| | | C.__The commissioner with the 3rd greatest number of votes | | serves one year. |
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| | | §1963.__Combining services among counties in proposed |
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| | | Notwithstanding the approval requirements of section 1962, | | subsection 2, in a proposed county district composed of more than | | one county, a majority of the county commissioners of each county | | in the proposed county district may authorize the combination of | | services in that proposed county district.__The county | | commissioners of the proposed county district shall determine the | | basis of apportioning the costs of the combined services among | | the counties in the proposed county district. |
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| | | Sec. 2. Reduction of property taxes paid to county government. The county | | district commissioners of a county district established pursuant | | to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 30-A, chapter 19 may levy a | | county district real estate transfer tax in addition to the real | | estate transfer tax imposed pursuant to Title 36, section 4641-A. | | The county district levy must exempt the first $200,000 of the | | real estate sales price. All funds raised by the county district | | transfer tax must be used for combined police or record-keeping | | services provided on a county-districtwide basis. |
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| | | Sec. 3. Termination of responsibility for county jails; 1% local sales tax. A county | | district approved pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title | | 30-A, chapter 19 may relinquish responsibility for county jails | | to the State pursuant to this section. If a county district | | relinquishes responsibility for county jails in that county | | district, then the State shall impose an additional 1% sales and | | use tax in that county district. The additional sales and use | | tax must be collected and remitted in the same manner as the | | sales and use tax imposed pursuant to Title 36, Part 3. |
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| | | 1. Commissioner-initiated termination of county jails and | | imposition of sales and use tax. A majority of the county | | district commissioners from a county district may vote to require |
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