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election in the municipality, requesting a vote on the
additional amount is submitted to the municipal
officers within 30 days of the council's vote pursuant
to subparagraph (2), the article voted on by the
council must be submitted to the legal voters in the
next regular election or a special election called for
the purpose.__The election must be called, advertised
and conducted according to the law relating to
municipal elections, except that the registrar of
voters is not required to prepare or the clerk to post
a new list of voters.__For the purpose of registration
of voters, the registrar of voters must be in session
the secular day preceding the election.__The voters
shall indicate by a cross or check mark placed against
the word "Yes" or "No" their opinion on the article.__
The results must be declared by the municipal officers
and entered upon the municipal records.

 
Sec. A-36. 20-A MRSA §15672, as amended by PL 2003, c. 712, §12, is
further amended to read:

 
§15672. Definitions

 
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise
indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

 
1. Allocation year. "Allocation year" means the year that
subsidy is distributed to school administrative units.

 
1-A.__Adjusted total cost of components of essential programs
and services.__"Adjusted total cost of the components of
essential programs and services" means the total cost of the
components of essential programs and services adjusted to reflect
the application of the transition targets to the base total
component as specified in section 15671, subsection 7, paragraph
A.

 
1-B.__Base year.__"Base year" means the 2nd year prior to the
allocation year.

 
1-C.__Bus purchase costs.__"Bus purchase costs" includes
expenditures for bus purchases approved by the commissioner and
made during the year prior to the allocation year.

 
2. Clerical staff. "Clerical staff" means full-time
equivalent public school secretaries, as documented in the
department's database.

 
2-A.__Debt service costs.__"Debt service costs," for subsidy
purposes, includes:


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