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If a town within a county constitutes a separate school division and the balance of that county constitutes a separate school division, the term county as used in this article shall be construed to mean the balance of the county excepting the town. If a county and city, or any combination thereof, constitute a consolidated school division, each county or city shall be treated as a separate entity for the purposes of this article and be entitled to hold its own <span class=\"dictionary\">referendum<\/span> and proceed to elect the same number of members to the consolidated <span class=\"dictionary\">board<\/span> as have been appointed from the county or city. 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If a\ncounty and city, or any combination thereof, constitute a consolidated school\ndivision, each county or city shall be treated as a separate entity for the\npurposes of this article and be entitled to hold its own referendum and proceed\nto elect the same number of members to the consolidated board as have been\nappointed from the county or city. The provisions of this article shall apply to\nevery school division, county, city, and town notwithstanding any other\nprovision of this chapter, of Title 15.2, or of any charter.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, c. 594.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}