2. Voter-initiated termination of county jails and imposition of sales and use tax. Ten percent of the voters in a county district may petition to require the State to assume the responsibility for all inmates who would have otherwise been housed in a jail operated by a county contained in a county district and authorize the levy of an additional 1% sales and use tax. The petitions must be prepared by the Secretary of State and require the same safeguards as petitions filed under the Constitution of Maine, Article 4, Part Third.

3. Election to determine responsibility for jails in county district. Once the Secretary of State receives a request from the county district commissioners pursuant to subsection 1 or verifies a valid petition pursuant to subsection 2 calling for the State to assume jail services, the Secretary of State shall prepare the ballots and have the question included on the ballot at the next general election. The question put to the voters must be: "Shall the (name of county district) require the State to assume full jail services for this county district and authorize the State to raise the sales and use tax in this district by 1% to provide for the cost of the State's assuming the county district's jail services?"

4. Termination of county jail. If a majority of the voters in a county district vote in favor of the State's assuming control over every county jail in the county district, the State shall assume responsibility by July 1 following the vote. The State shall impose an additional 1% sales and use tax in each county district in which the State assumes responsibility for a jail within that county district. The revenue from the additional 1% sales and use tax must be used to defray the costs of the Department of Corrections.

Sec. 4. Combined voter-initiated petition. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 30-A, chapter 19 and section 3 of this Act, the voters in a proposed county district may include both the issue of approval of the county district and transfer of jail responsibility to the State in one petition as long as the petition meets the other requirements of Title 30-A, section 1962, subsection 1, paragraph B. If a petition initiated pursuant to this section is signed by at least 10% of the voters in the proposed county district, the Secretary of State shall prepare the ballots and have the question included on the ballot at the next general election. The question put to the voters must be: "Shall the (list the included counties) form