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An Act To Amend the Process for Secession from a County by a Municipality
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §2174,  as enacted by PL 2007, c. 401, §1, is amended to read:
§ 2174. Secession by a municipality from a county
This subchapter establishes a process by which a municipality may secede from one county and join another. The municipality must share a political subdivision border with both counties.
 
SUMMARY
This bill removes the requirement that a municipality seeking to secede from one county to join another share a border with the county the municipality wishes to join.