2.__Local filing; certification.__On or before October 15th annually, the superintendent of schools of a school administrative unit shall file with the commissioner a certified list of national board-certified teachers eligible to receive the salary supplement pursuant to subsection 1.

3.__Payment.__The department shall provide the salary supplement to eligible teachers no later than February 15th of each year.

Sec. AAAA-2. 20-A MRSA §15671-A, sub-§5, as amended by PL 2005, c. 12, Pt. WW, §3 and affected by §18, is further amended to read:

5. Exceeding maximum state and local spending target. If the sum of a school administrative unit's required local contribution determined pursuant to section 15688, subsection 3-A plus the state contribution as calculated pursuant to section 15688, subsection 3-A, paragraph D, plus any state funds resulting from a transition adjustment pursuant to section 15686, plus any additional local amount proposed to be raised pursuant to section 15690, subsection 3 exceeds the school administrative unit's maximum state and local spending target established pursuant to subsection 4, the following provisions govern approval of that additional amount.

A. The article approving the additional amount must conform to the requirements of section 15690, subsection 3, paragraph B. Notwithstanding section 1304, subsection 6; section 1701, subsection 7; Title 30-A, section 2528, subsection 5, or any other provision of law, municipal charter provision or ordinance, voter approval of the article, whether in town meeting, district meeting or other voting process established by law, municipal charter or ordinance, including, but not limited to, any vote on the article initiated by voter petition, must be by referendum or written ballot.

B. In a municipality where the responsibility for final adoption of the school budget is vested by the municipal