Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §883, sub-§2, ķA, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 513, is amended to read:

A. Before September February 15th of every year, the county commissioners shall notify all municipal officers in the county to caucus by county commissioner districts at a specified date, time and place for the purpose of electing the membership of the county budget advisory committee. Whenever a public member of the budget advisory committee will be elected, the county commissioners must issue a public notice of that fact that includes the date, time and place of the caucus. The county commissioner shall serve as nonvoting moderator for that commissioner's district caucus. Nominations must be received from the floor. The nominee receiving the most votes is approved as a budget advisory committee member and serves a term of 3 years, except as provided in paragraph B.

Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §884, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 513, is amended to read:

§884. Budget estimate; submission to advisory committee

The Sagadahoc County commissioners shall submit a budget estimate to the advisory committee no later than October April 1st for the coming fiscal year. The advisory committee shall review the budget estimate, hold a public hearing jointly with the county commissioners on the budget estimate and make recommendations to the commissioners before November May 15th. The county commissioners shall act on the budget in a timely fashion and, in any event, not later than December June 15th prior to the beginning of the budget year.

Sec. 3. Transition. The Sagadahoc County commissioners, in order to facilitate the change in fiscal year made by this Act, may submit a budget for the period of January 1, 2002 to June 30, 2002 or January 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003.

Sec. 4. Effective date. Those sections of this Act that amend the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 30-A, section 883, subsection 2, paragraph A and section 884 take effect January 1, 2002.

SUMMARY

This bill changes the dates for submission of the Sagadahoc County budget, thus allowing Sagadahoc County to change its fiscal year to July 1st to June 30th.