(b) Members may not be subjected to undue influence regarding the vote;

(c) A majority of all valid ballots received must be in favor of smoking; and

(d) The ballot and procedures for voting and making available, collecting and counting absentee ballots must meet the requirements established by rule adopted by the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

(3) The qualifying club must have provided written notice to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the results of the vote within 30 days of the vote.

C. The qualifying club may allow smoking under authority of this subsection for no longer than 3 years from the date of the vote.

D. The qualifying club may revote under this subsection at any time.

E. The qualifying club must have retained all ballots for at least 3 years and make them available to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention upon request.

F. The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention shall adopt rules to implement this subsection. Rules adopted pursuant to this subparagraph are major substantive rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

Sec. G-3. PL 2005, c. 581, §4 is amended to read:

*Sec. 4. Transition. The provisions of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 1580-A, subsection 9 apply to all votes to allow smoking in a qualifying club as defined in section 1580-A, subsection 2, paragraph C-2, except that a qualifying club that held a vote in favor of smoking under authority of Title 22, section 1580-A, subsection 7 between July 1, 2005 and August September 1, 2006 may allow smoking under authority of that vote until August September 1, 2008.

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