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LD1302 • 2025

An Act Regarding the Number of Voters of a Municipality Required to Petition for Consideration of Deorganization of That Municipality

An Act Regarding the Number of Voters of a Municipality Required to Petition for Consideration of Deorganization of That Municipality

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Senator Joseph Baldacci
Last action
2025-06-09
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act Regarding the Number of Voters of a Municipality Required to Petition for Consideration of Deorganization of That Municipality

An Act Regarding the Number of Voters of a Municipality Required to Petition for Consideration of Deorganization of That Municipality Sponsor: Senator Joseph Baldacci Reference committee: State and Local Government Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • An Act Regarding the Number of Voters of a Municipality Required to Petition for Consideration of Deorganization of That Municipality Sponsor: Senator Joseph Baldacci Reference committee: State and Local Government Governor action: Signed by the Governor

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-09 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-02 Senate

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.

  3. 2025-05-29 House

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. 2025-05-22 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP

  5. 2025-04-30 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-04-30 Committee

    Voted; OTP

  7. 2025-03-25 Committee

    Referred to Committee on State and Local Government.

Official Summary Text

An Act Regarding the Number of Voters of a Municipality Required to Petition for Consideration of Deorganization of That Municipality
Sponsor:
Senator Joseph Baldacci
Reference committee:
State and Local Government
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR1491(02)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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S.P. 532 - L.D. 1302
An Act Regarding the Number of Voters of a Municipality Required to
Petition for Consideration of Deorganization of That Municipality
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §7202, first ¶, as amended by PL 2003, c. 297, §1, is further
amended to read:
The voters of any municipality may petition for consideration of deorganization of the
municipality by following the petition procedure of section 2528, subsection 5. On the
written petition of a number of voters equal to at least 50% of the number of votes cast in
the municipality at the last gubernatorial election, but in no case less than 10, requesting a
municipal meeting for the purpose of discussing and determining whether the municipality
should deorganize, the municipal officers shall call and hold a special meeting in the
manner provided for the calling and holding of town meetings or city elections to discuss
deorganization of the municipality and to decide whether to develop a deorganization
procedure.
APPROVED
JUNE 9, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
212
PUBLIC LAW