Section 759. Canvassing of vote; moratorium on further referendum

1. In
  any referendum held pursuant to this title, the ballots  cast  shall  be
  counted,  returns  made  and canvassed and results certified in the same
  manner as  other  municipal  elections  or  referendums  for  the  local
  government entities to be consolidated.
    2.  Consolidation  shall  not  take  effect  unless  a majority of the
  electors voting in each local government entity to be consolidated  vote
  in favor of consolidation. If in any one of the entities such a majority
  vote  does not result, the referendum shall fail and consolidation shall
  not take effect.
    3. If consolidation is approved by a majority of the  electors  voting
  in each local government entity to be consolidated, certificates of such
  result  shall  be immediately filed with the secretary of state and with
  the clerks of the entities and county in which any part of the  entities
  is situated.
    4.  If  the referendum shall fail, the consolidation process specified
  by this title shall not be initiated for the same  purpose  within  four
  years  of  the  date of such referendum. This subdivision, however, does
  not apply to a permissive referendum conducted pursuant to section seven
  hundred sixty-three of this title.
    * NB Effective March 21, 2010