527. Not later than 40 days before the day fixed for the referendum poll, the clerk or the secretary-treasurer shall give a public notice stating that sole owners or occupants and designated co-owners and co-occupants are entitled to have their names entered on the referendum list and mentioning how they may obtain information on the rules governing the entry of their names on the referendum list.
The notice shall invite sole owners and occupants who wish to make a first application for entry or to withdraw the existing entry to transmit to the clerk or the secretary-treasurer, within the prescribed time, the application, a signed writing or a resolution requesting the withdrawal.
The notice shall also invite co-owners and co-occupants who wish to make a first designation or replace the existing designation to transmit to the clerk or the secretary-treasurer, within the prescribed time, the power of attorney.
1987, c. 57, s. 527; 1997, c. 34, s. 33; 1999, c. 25, s. 70; 2000, c. 19, s. 25.