| | | Sec. A-10. 20-A MRSA §1407, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1999, c. 75, §3, | | is further amended to read: |
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| | | 2. Expense of keeping the school open. If the voters vote to | | keep the school open, the member municipality is liable for some | | additional expense for actual local operating costs and | transportation operating costs as defined in section 15603 | | The determination of costs is subject to the approval of the | | commissioner. The cost to be borne by the town voting to keep an | | elementary school open is the amount that would be saved if the | | school were closed. Any additional costs that must be borne by | | the member municipality must be part of the article presented to | | the voters at the meeting to determine whether the school should | | remain open. |
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| | | Sec. A-11. 20-A MRSA §1701, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1991, c. 429, §4, | | is further amended to read: |
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| | | 3. Time and place. The district school committee shall call | | an annual budget meeting on or before June 30th at an hour and in | | a location within the community school district it designates, | | except that the school committee may delay the annual budget | meeting to a date after July 1st in accordance with section 15617 | | 15693, subsection 2, paragraph C. |
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| | | Sec. A-12. 20-A MRSA §1701, sub-§9, ķA, as amended by PL 1999, c. 710, | | §8, is further amended to read: |
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| | | A. The budget format may be determined by the voters of a | | community school district by adoption of an appropriate | | warrant article at a properly called election held in | accordance with the procedure set forth in section 15617 | | 15693, subsection 6. |
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| | | Sec. A-13. 20-A MRSA §1701, sub-§12, as amended by PL 1999, c. 710, | | §10, is further amended to read: |
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| | | 12. State-local allocations. To summarize the action taken | | on the budget for the purposes of determining the community | | school district's state-local allocations, the articles | prescribed in chapter 606 |
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| | | Sec. A-14. 20-A MRSA §1701-B, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 710, | | §11, is amended to read: |
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| | | 5. Failure to approve budget. If the voters do not validate | | the budget approved in the district budget meeting at the budget | | validation referendum vote, the district school committee shall | | hold another district budget meeting in accordance with section | | 1701, subsection 8 at least 10 days after |
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