Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §1303, sub-§1, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1981, c. 693, §§5 and 8, is amended to read:

C. Include the proposed school budget and other articles the school board chooses to place before the voters, excluding authorization to borrow money for school construction purposes unless the alternate voting procedures of section 1305 are employed;

Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §4001, sub-§3, ¶A, as amended by PL 1997, c. 787, §2, is further amended to read:

A. The term of a lease must be at least equal to the period during which similar property of the unit is used. A lease may not exceed a term of 5 10 years.

Sec. 3. 20-A MRSA §4001, sub-§7, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 787, §3, is amended to read:

7. Maintenance and capital improvement program. A school administrative unit, including the unorganized territories, shall establish and maintain a maintenance and capital improvement program for all school facilities, utilizing a maintenance template and software provided by the department and shall annually allocate a minimum percentage of the replacement value of its real estate to facility maintenance, capital improvement or capital reserve accounts commit resources to that program pursuant to established minimum standards. The department and the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of General Services shall establish the minimum percentage in consultation with the education community standards. The Department of Education and the Bureau of General Services shall adopt rules necessary to implement this subsection. Rules adopted by the Department of Education and the Bureau of General Services to implement this subsection are major substantive rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A.

Sec. 4. 20-A MRSA §15603, sub-§8, ¶F, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 787, §9, is amended to read:

F. Beginning in school year 2002-03, 1/5 of the aggregate amount of the approved leases defined in paragraphs B and E paragraph B and an additional 1/5 for each year thereafter may not be used to determine the debt service millage limit calculated under section 15611, subsection 1, paragraph A. The local share for the 1/5 of the aggregate amount of the approved leases defined in paragraphs B and E paragraph B and an additional 1/5 for each year thereafter must be