{"data":{"id":"us-me/30-a-m.r.s.-2172","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"30-A M.R.S. §2172","heading":"Information to be submitted with legislation proposing secession","body":"A territory that seeks to have legislation submitted on its behalf proposing its secession from a municipality shall provide the Legislature with the following information, which the Legislature may use in making a determination on a proposal for secession:\n1.  Report on attempts to resolve differences.  A report on attempts by the secession territory to resolve concerns that have caused the desire to secede from the municipality.  If a neutral 3rd party was involved in the attempt to resolve concerns through alternative dispute resolution methods such as mediation, facilitation or arbitration, the territory must also submit a report from the neutral 3rd party;\n2.  Effective date.  The date on which a proposed secession is effective;\n3.  Provision of educational services.  Plans for the provision of educational services, including school transportation services for all students in the proposed secession territory;\n4.  Distribution of tangible assets and liabilities.  Plans regarding the distribution of assets and liabilities;\n5.  Information about municipality.  The following information concerning the municipality and the proposed secession territory:\nA.  Present population, past population change and projected population for the secession territory;\nB.  Quantity of land within the secession territory proposed for incorporation; the natural terrain of the secession territory, including general topography, major watersheds, soil conditions; and such natural features as rivers and lakes;\nC.  Present pattern of physical development in the secession territory, including residential, industrial, commercial, agricultural and institutional land uses; and the present transportation network and potential transportation issues, including proposed highway development;\nD.  Land use controls and planning presently being utilized in the secession territory, including comprehensive plans for development in the secession territory;\nE.  Present governmental services being provided to the secession territory, including water and sewer service, fire protection, police protection, street improvements and maintenance, administrative services and recreational facilities;\nF.  Existing or potential problems of environmental pollution and the need for additional services to resolve these problems;\nG.  Fiscal data of the secession territory, including the net tax capacity of the proposed secession territory and the impact on the municipality from which the territory proposes to secede; the present bonded indebtedness; and the local tax rates of the county, school district and municipality;\nH.  Effect of the proposed incorporation on communities adjacent to the secession territory and on school districts within and adjacent to the secession territory; and\nI.  Ability of municipal government to deliver services to the secession territory; and\n6.  Community support.  The extent to which the proposed secession territory and the affected municipality or municipalities have demonstrated support or opposition for a proposal for secession, including the use of petitions, votes or other methods of indicating support or opposition.","path":["TITLE 30-A: MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES","PART 2: MUNICIPALITIES","CHAPTER 113: CONSOLIDATION, SECESSION AND ANNEXATION","SUBCHAPTER 2: SECESSION PROCESS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/30-A/title30-Asec2172.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:36Z","sha256":"484780c88a16dd8aecd6ee5dc9f3c687dd7e1158bf90b3790e66bfc2b45b68c9","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/30-a-m.r.s.-2171-g","next":"us-me/30-a-m.r.s.-2173"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}