Maine § 30-A §7205 Deorganization procedure

Maine Statutes

§ 30-A §7205 — Deorganization procedure

Maine·Title 30-A MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES·Part 3 PLANTATIONS AND UNORGANIZED PLACES·Ch. 302 DEORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPALITIES AND PLANTATIONS

The local committee, with the assistance of the commission, shall develop a deorganization procedure which, at a minimum, shall consist of the following components.

1.Effective date. The deorganization procedure shall establish a date on which deorganization will be effective.

2.Provision of educational services. The deorganization procedure shall provide for educational services, including school transportation services for all students in the municipality for which deorganization is proposed.

3.Distribution of financial liabilities and assets. The deorganization procedure must provide for the distribution of all financial and other intangible liabilities and assets of the municipality, including liabilities and assets held by the municipality in any other political subdivision that ar

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The local committee, with the assistance of the commission, shall develop a deorganization procedure which, at a minimum, shall consist of the following components.
1.
Effective date.
The deorganization procedure shall establish a date on which deorganization will be effective.
2.
Provision of educational services.
The deorganization procedure shall provide for educational services, including school transportation services for all students in the municipality for which deorganization is proposed.
3.
Distribution of financial liabilities and assets.
The deorganization procedure must provide for the distribution of all financial and other intangible liabilities and assets of the municipality, including liabilities and assets held by the municipality in any other political subdivision that are affected by the deorganization. These assets and liabilities include, but are not limited to, outstanding bonds, notes and any other contractual obligations that extend beyond the proposed date of deorganization. The service of all bonded indebtedness or other debt backed by a pledge of the full faith and credit duly authorized by the legal voters of the deorganizing municipality prior to deorganization remains the responsibility of the residents of the municipality and may not be transferred in whole or in part to the residents of a geographic area outside the boundaries of the deorganizing municipality unless that debt is properly reissued.
4.
Distribution of tangible assets and liabilities.
The deorganization procedure shall provide for the distribution of all real and personal property and other tangible assets of the municipality, including real and personal property held by the municipality in any other political subdivision that is affected by the deorganization.
5.
Comprehensive land use planning and zoning.
For municipalities not under the jurisdiction of the Maine Land Use Planning Commission, the Maine Land Use Planning Commission shall prepare a zoning map of the municipality within one year of the effective date of deorganization.
6.
Information about municipality.
The deorganization procedure shall include, at a minimum, the following information:
7.
Fiscal impact assessment.
The municipality seeking to deorganize shall prepare a report that identifies and analyzes the service and tax burden effects on the deorganizing municipality, surrounding municipalities and the unorganized territory that is associated with the deorganization. The report must include: