S.P. 20 - L.D. 12
An Act to Change the Selection Process of the Oxford County Budget Committee
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §892, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 204, §2, is amended to read:
2. Municipal officer elections. Before September 15th of every year, the county commissioners shall notify all municipal officers to caucus by county commissioner district at a specified date, time and place for the purpose of electing 2 municipal officers from each district as members of the county budget advisory committee. The county commissioner shall serve as nonvoting moderator for that district caucus. Nominations must be received from the floor. The 2 nominees receiving the most votes are the budget advisory committee members. The names of those elected by the caucus must be recorded and forwarded to the county commissioners. When the district meeting fails to produce 2 budget committee member nominees, the county commissioner of the district may appoint a municipal officer from that district to each vacant seat within 10 days of the district caucus. The county commissioner shall include notice of this appointment provision in the original notice to convene the caucus if the commissioner plans to exercise the appointment authority granted in this subsection. A municipality may not at any time have more than one representative serving on the budget advisory committee.
Sec. 2. Application. This Act applies to appointments made after the effective date of this Act. Budget advisory committee members as of the effective date of this Act may serve out the remainder of their terms.
Effective September 18, 1999, unless otherwise indicated.
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