Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §896, sub-§4 is enacted to read:

4.__Quorum.__A quorum exists when a majority of elected voting members are present.

Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §897, sub-§4, ķA, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 582, §1, is amended to read:

A. The county commissioners may not further increase, decrease, alter or revise the budget adopted by the budget committee except by unanimous vote of the county commissioners. If the adopted budget is changed by the county commissioners, the budget committee may reject that change by a 2/3 vote of its membership. The budget is final and not subject to further action by either the county commissioners or the budget committee upon success or failure of the commissioners to unanimously recommend changes in the budget transmitted from the budget committee or upon acceptance or rejection of changes by the budget committee.

SUMMARY

This bill requires a majority of elected voting members of the Somerset County Budget Advisory Committee to be present to constitute a quorum. This bill also gives the Somerset County Commissioners final say on the Somerset County budget.