An Act To Exempt Certain Necessary School Auxiliary Buildings for New Mechanical Systems from Referendum Requirements

Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §15904, first ¶,  as amended by PL 1985, c. 248, §3, is further amended to read:

Prior to final approval by the state board, a school construction project, except a small scale school construction project as defined in section 15901, subsection 4-A or the construction of an auxiliary building for the housing of a mechanical system, must receive a favorable vote conducted in accordance with the following. For the purposes of this section, "mechanical system" means a system designed to provide heating, ventilation and cooling to a building or buildings.

SUMMARY

This bill exempts the construction of a school's auxiliary building for the housing of a mechanical system from the public referendum requirement.