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LR 2170
Item 1

 
A. The meeting must be held within 30 days of the regular
budget meeting at which the budget was finally approved.

 
B. In a school administrative district or community school
district, the meeting must be called by the school board or
as follows.

 
(1) A petition containing a number of signatures of
legal voters in the member municipalities of the school
administrative unit equalling at least 10% of the
number of voters who voted in the last gubernatorial
election in member municipalities of the school
administrative unit, or 100 voters, whichever is less,
and specifying the article or articles to be
reconsidered must be presented to the school board
within 15 days of the regular budget meeting at which
the budget was finally approved.

 
(2) On receiving the petition, the school board shall
call the special budget reconsideration meeting, which
must be held within 15 days of the date the petition
was received.

 
C. In a municipality, the meeting must be called by the
municipal officers:

 
(1) Within 15 days after receipt of a request from the
school board, if the request is received within 15 days
of the budget meeting at which the budget was finally
approved and it specifies the article or articles to be
reconsidered; or

 
(2) Within 15 days after receipt of a written
application presented in accordance with Title 30-A,
section 2532, if the application is received within 15
days of the budget meeting at which the budget was
finally approved and it specifies the article or
articles to be reconsidered.

 
3.__Invalidation of action of special budget reconsideration
meeting. If a special budget meeting is called to reconsider
action taken at a regular budget meeting, the actions of the
meeting are invalid if the number of voters at the special budget
meeting is less than the number of voters present at the regular
budget meeting.

 
4.__Line-item transfers. Meetings requested by a school board
for the purpose of transferring funds from one category or line
item to another must be posted for voter or council action within
15 days of the date of the request.


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