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LR 1172
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §1301, sub-§1, ¶¶A and B, as amended by PL 1993, c.
410, Pt. F, §3, are further amended to read:

 
A. Under a property valuation method, municipalities in a
district shall share costs in the same proportion as each
municipality's fiscal capacity as defined in section 15603,
subsection 11-A state valuation is to the district's fiscal
capacity state valuation.

 
B. Under an alternate plan approved by the state board and
by a vote of the legislative bodies of the school
administrative units forming the district and based on:

 
(1) The number of resident pupils in each town;

 
(2) The fiscal capacity of each member municipality as
defined in section 15603, subsection 11-A state
valuation of each member town's real property as set in
the calendar year prior to the district's fiscal year;
or

 
(3) Any combination of subparagraphs (1) and (2).

 
Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §1704, sub-§1, ¶B, as amended by PL 1993, c. 410, Pt.
F, §4, is further amended to read:

 
B. The fiscal capacity of each member municipality as
defined in section 15603, subsection 11-A state valuation of
each member municipality's real property as set in the
calendar year prior to the district's fiscal year;

 
Sec. 3. 20-A MRSA §15602, sub-§8, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 410, Pt.
F, §5, is repealed.

 
Sec. 4. 20-A MRSA §15602, sub-§9, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 684, §3,
is repealed.

 
Sec. 5. 20-A MRSA §15602, sub-§12, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 643, Pt.
D, §1, is repealed.

 
Sec. 6. 20-A MRSA §15603, sub-§11-A, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 410,
Pt. F, §13, is repealed.

 
Sec. 7. 20-A MRSA §15603, sub-§26-A, ¶D, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 410,
Pt. F, §15, is amended to read:

 
D. Nonsubsidizable costs are not considered in the
calculation of the total allocation. "Nonsubsidizable
costs" includes the following:


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