124th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 786		LR 1716(02)
	An Act To Require That Minutes Be Kept of Municipal Meetings
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "   "
	Committee: State and Local Government
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
State Mandate - Exempted
State Mandates
	Required Activity				Unit Affected	Local Cost
	Requiring the recording and maintaining of minutes of all meetings of a municipality held under 30-A MRSA Chapter 121: Meetings and Elections unless determined unecessary by a show of hands at the beginning of the meeting may be a mandate under the Constitution of Maine.				Municipality	Significant statewide
	Pursuant to inclusion of the Mandate Preamble, a two-thirds vote of the members of each house exempts the State from the requirement that it fund at least 90% of the cost of the mandated activities.