Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 0282
Committee Amendment CA_A_H173 (House)

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.. to H.P. 225, L.D. 282, Bill, "An 
Act To Prohibit Municipal Elections within 60 Days of a Statewide 
Election" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting 
the following: 
'An 
Act 
To 
Prohibit 
Special 
Municipal 
or 
School 
District 
Elections within 60 Days of a Regular Election' 
Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the 
enacting clause and before the summary and inserting in its place 
the following: 
'Sec. 1. 20·A MRSA §1352, sub·§1, as amended by PL 1999, c. 
93, §l, is further amended to read: 
1. 
Municipal 
officers. 
The 
warrant 
shall 
direct 
the 
municipal officers within the district to call a referendum on a 
date 
and 
time 
determined 
by 
the 
board 
of 
directors. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law. the date determined 
by the board of directors must be the same day as a regular 
election in the municipalities within the district or at least 60 
days 
prior to 
or 
subsequent 
to 
a 
regular election in the 
municipalities. 
For the purposes of this subsection, "regular 
election" means an election held at a regular time prescribed by 
law or charter. 
A warrant shall be prepared and distributed at 
least 30 days prior to the date of the referendum, except that a 
warrant 
for 
a 
school 
district 
budget 
referendum 
held 
in 
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accordance with section 1305, subsection 2T shall be prepared and 
distributed at least 14 days prior to the date of the referendum. 
A. 
The warrant saall must be directed to a resident of the 
district by 
name, 
ordering 
the 
resident to notify the 
municipal officers of each of the municipalities within the 
district, to call a town meeting or city election on the 
date specified by the board of directors. 
No other date may 
be used. The person who serves the warrant shall make a 
return on the warrant stating the manner of services and the 
time when it was given. 
B. 
The warrant saall IDY£t be served on the municipal clerk 
of 
each 
of 
the 
municipalities 
within 
the 
district by 
delivering an attested copy of the warrant in hand within 3 
days of the date of the warrant. 
The municipal clerk, on 
receipt 
of 
the 
warrant, 
shall 
immediately 
notify 
the 
municipal officers within the municipality. 
The municipal 
officers shall forthwith meet, 
countersign and have the 
warrant posted. 
C. 
The warrants and other notices for the referendum must 
be in the same manner as provided in Title 2l-A, except that 
the district board of directors shall hold a public hearing 
at least 7 days before the referendum vote. 
At least 7 days 
before the public hearing, the board of directors shall give 
notice of 
the public hearing by having 
a 
copy of the 
proposed referendum, together with the time and place of 
hearing, posted in the same manner required for posting a 
warrant under this section. 
Sec. 2. 30·A MRS A §2505 is enacted to read: 
§2505. 
Special municipal elections 
Notwithstanding 
any 
other 
provision 
of 
law, 
municipal 
officers m83 not call a special municipal election or special 
municipal referendum on a date within 60 
days of a 
regular 
election unless it is called for the same day as the regular 
election. 
For the purposes of this section, "regular election" 
means an election held at a regular time prescribed by law or 
charter. • 
This 
amendment 
replaces the bill. 
SUMMARY 
is the minority report. 
This 
amendment 
The amendment prohibits municipalities from 
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calling 
a 
special 
municipal 
election 
or 
special 
municipal 
referendum within 60 days of a regular election unless it is 
called for the same day as the regular election. 
The amendment 
prohibits school administrative districts from calling a district 
referendum within 
days of 
a 
regular election within the 
district unless the district referendum is called for the same 
day as the regular election. 
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