| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §156, 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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| | | §156. Creation of position of appointed county |
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| | | 1. County commissioners' decision. Notwithstanding | | sections 151 and 152, the county commissioners, at least 100 | days prior to the scheduled election, may decide to abolish | replace the position of elected county treasurer and replace | itThis decision is not | effective until approved by the voters of the county under | subsection 3. | | their decision to the voters of the county at least 90 days | | prior to the scheduled election. |
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| | | 2. Petition by voters. On the written petition of a number | of voters equal to at least 10% of the number of votes cast in | the county at the last gubernatorial election, the county | commissioners, by order, shall provide for the abolition of | the position of elected county treasurer and its replacement | with an appointed county treasurer in the form and manner | provided in this section. |
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| | A. The petition procedure of section 1321, subsection 3, | shall be used in this alternative method except that the | legend at the top of each petition form shall read as | follows: |
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| | "County of ** .......... ** |
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| | Each of the undersigned voters respectively requests | the county commissioners to abolish the position of | elected county treasurer and replace it with a county | treasurer appointed by the county commissioners." |
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| | B. The procedure after the petition is filed is the same | as that under section 1321, subsection 4. |
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| | | 3. Election procedure. Within 30 days after a decision | under subsection 1 or the receipt of a certificate or final | determination of sufficiency under subsection 2, paragraph B, | the county commissioners, by order, shall submit the question | of the abolition of the position of elected county treasurer | and its replacement with an appointed county treasurer to the | voters of the county at the next regular or special statewide | election. |
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