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Sec. D-29. 20-A MRSA §8601-A, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 518, §33,
is amended to read:

 
6. Municipality. "Municipality" has the same meaning as in
section 15603, subsection 19 15672, subsection 21.

 
Sec. D-30. 20-A MRSA §8605, sub-§2, ¶B, as amended by PL 1995, c. 665,
Pt. J, §1, is further amended to read:

 
B. The unit in which such a person resides must be
reimbursed in accordance with chapters 606 and 606-A chapter
606-B.

 
Sec. D-31. 20-A MRSA §8606-A, sub-§2, ¶C, as amended by PL 1991, c.
518, §38, is further amended to read:

 
C. The recommendation in the commissioner's funding level
certification must include local adult education program
cost adjustment to the equivalent of the year prior to the
year of allocation. This adjustment is calculated according
to the same guidelines established, for purposes of chapter
606 606-B, by section 15605 15689-C, subsection 3.

 
Sec. D-32. 20-A MRSA §15622 is enacted to read:

 
§15622.__Repeal

 
This chapter is repealed July 1, 2005.

 
Sec. D-33. 20-A MRSA §15671, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2003, c. 712,
§9, is amended to read:

 
1. State and local partnership. The State and each local
school administrative unit are jointly responsible for
contributing to the cost of the components of essential programs
and services described in this chapter. Except as otherwise
provided in this subsection, for each fiscal year, the total cost
of the components of essential programs and services may not
exceed the prior fiscal year's costs multiplied by one plus the
average real personal income growth rate as defined in Title 5,
section 1665, subsection 1, except that in no case may that rate
exceed 2.75%.__For fiscal years commencing after the state tax
burden ranks in the middle 1/3 of all states, as calculated and
certified by the State Tax Assessor, the total cost of the
components of essential programs and services may not exceed the
prior fiscal year's costs multiplied by one plus the average real
personal income growth rate as defined in Title 5, section 1665,
subsection 1.__The Legislature, by an affirmative vote of each
House, may exceed the limitations on increases in the total cost


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