CHAPTER 537
H.P. 1446 - L.D. 1943
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §2503, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 and Pt. C, §105 and amended by PL 1989, c. 6, c. 9, §2, and c. 104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is further amended to read:
2. Failure to enact ordinance. The municipal legislative body must enact the reapportionment ordinance within 18 12 months after the official publication of the latest decennial census as required by the United States Code, Title 13, Section 141, paragraph (c); provided that Legislature has reapportioned the House and Senate districts pursuant to the Constitution of Maine, Article IV, Part First, Section 3 and Article IV, Part Second, Section 2 or after a court decision finalizing the reapportionment of districts. The ordinance is must be enacted at least 90 days before a regular municipal election occurring within that 18-month 12-month period or the previous reapportionment ordinance applies to that election. If the legislative body fails to do so enact an ordinance within the 12-month period or at least 90 days before a regular election occurring after the 12-month period, all municipal officers to be elected shall must be elected at large and shall serve until their terms expire. Such at-large elections shall continue until the legislative body enacts an ordinance in accordance with subsection 1 at least 90 days before a regular municipal election.
Sec. 2. Retroactivity. This Act applies retroactively to January 1, 2001.
Effective July 25, 2002, unless otherwise indicated.
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