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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 606 606-B must also be voted on.

 
Sec. D-14. 20-A MRSA §1701-B, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 710,
§11, is amended to read:

 
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 the referendum to vote
on a budget approved by the committee. The budget approved at
the district budget meeting must be submitted to the voters for
validation at referendum in accordance with this section. The
process must be repeated until a budget is approved at a district
budget meeting and validated at referendum. If a budget is not
approved and validated before July 1st of each year, the latest
budget submitted by the committee is automatically considered the
budget for operational expenses for the ensuing year until a
final budget is approved, except that when the school committee
delays the district budget meeting in accordance with section
15617 15693, subsection 2, paragraph C the operating budget must
be approved within 30 days of the date the commissioner notifies
the school committee of the amount allocated to the school unit
under section 15613 15689-B or the latest budget submitted by the
committee becomes the operating budget for the next school year.

 
Sec. D-15. 20-A MRSA §1704, sub-§1, ¶B, as amended by PL 1993, c. 410,
Pt. F, §4, is further amended to read:

 
B. The fiscal capacity of each member municipality as
defined in section 15603, subsection 11-A 15672, subsection
23;

 
Sec. D-16. 20-A MRSA §4003-A is enacted to read:

 
§4003-A.__Hazardous chemicals

 
The commissioner shall establish rules governing the purchase
and storage of hazardous chemicals in schools.

 
Sec. D-17. 20-A MRSA §4254, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1997, c. 534, §3,
is further amended to read:

 
1. Allowable costs. Allowable costs are the cost of
implementing approved plans; these costs may be added to the
school unit's subsidizable costs under chapter 606 606-B.


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