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budget that must be approved by a majority of the county | commissioners. |
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| | If the budget under section 900-K is not approved before the | start of a fiscal year, until a budget is finally adopted the | county shall operate on an interim budget, which may not exceed | 80% of the previous year's budget. |
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| §900-M.__Advisory committee |
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| | The Somerset County Budget Advisory Committee, referred to in | this article as "the committee," is established as provided in | this section. |
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| | 1.__Committee membership.__ The committee consists of 11 | members who are chosen by the following procedure. |
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| A.__Two municipal officers from each of the 3 county | commissioner districts and one representative of the general | public from each of the 3 county commissioner districts are | chosen by the municipal officers from each county | commissioner district, and 2 members of the county | legislative delegation are chosen by the members of the | county legislative delegation.__Committee members | representing municipal officers and the general public serve | 3-year terms, except for the initial members, whose terms | are provided in subsection 2, paragraph B. If a committee | member who is a municipal officer ceases to be a municipal | officer during the term of membership, that committee member | vacates membership. |
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| (1)__If a committee member who is a municipal officer | vacates, resigns from or is unable to complete the term | of office to which that member was elected, the next | district caucus elects a municipal officer to serve for | the remainder of the unexpired term. |
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| (2)__If a committee member who is a representative of | the general public resigns from or is unable to | complete the term of office to which that member was | elected, the next district caucus elects a | representative of the general public to serve for the | remainder of the unexpired term. |
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| (3)__If a committee member who is a member of the county | legislative delegation resigns from or is unable to complete the | term of office to which that member was elected, the county | legislative delegation elects a |
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