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clerk of each municipality in the county.__The municipal clerk | | shall notify the municipal officers of the proposed budget. |
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| | | 4.__Adoption of budget.__After the public hearings are | | completed, the budget committee may further increase, | | decrease, alter and revise the proposed itemized budget, | | subject to the conditions and restrictions imposed in | | subsection 2.__The proposed itemized budget must be finally | | adopted by a majority vote of the budget committee at a duly | | called meeting not later than the end of the county's fiscal | | year.__The approved budget is the final authorization for the | | assessment of county taxes.__The budget must be sent to the | | county commissioners and the county tax authorized must be | | apportioned and collected in accordance with section 706. |
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| | | 5.__Interim budget.__If the budget is not approved before | | the start of a fiscal year, until a budget is finally adopted, | | the county shall operate on an interim budget that may not | | exceed the previous year's budget. |
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| | | 6.__Transfer of funds.__The county commissioners may | | transfer funds as provided in section 922. |
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| | | §884-C. Budget amendments |
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| | | The approved budget must govern the expenditures of the | | county during the fiscal year.__Expenses may not be incurred | | in excess of those shown in the approved budget, but the | | budget may be revised from time to time by the preparation and | | submission of a proposed amended budget by the county | | commissioners to the budget committee.__The budget committee | | shall render, not less than 15 calendar days, except in | | emergencies, nor more than 30 days after the submission to it, | | a decision on any such revised budget.__An approved revised | | budget must be transmitted to the State Auditor within 15 days | | of the budget committee's action. |
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| | | Sec. 7. 30-A MRSA §885, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 513, is amended | | to read: |
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| | | §885. Final budget; filing |
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| | | A copy of the final budget estimates | | amendments must be filed, on forms approved by the Department | | of Audit, with the State Auditor, who shall retain them for 3 | | years. |
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| | | Sec. 8. Continuation of service. Any member of the Sagadahoc County | | Budget Advisory Committee on the effective date of this Act | | continues to serve on the Sagadahoc County Budget Committee | | for the remainder of the term to which the member was elected. |
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