Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §1252, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1981, c. 693, §§5 and 8, is amended to read:

The following are methods of representation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section and regardless of which method of representation is chosen, a municipality that is part of a school administrative district may not control more than 50% of the vote of the board of directors of that school administrative district when full membership and full attendance of the board is taken into account.

Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §1353, sub-§2, ¶C is enacted to read:

C.__Referendum voting conducted pursuant to this section must also be conducted in accordance with the requirements established in Title 30-A, section 2528, subsection 5, except that the duties of the municipal officers must be performed by the board of directors.

SUMMARY

This bill establishes a limit on any method of apportioning voting strength among the municipalities represented on a board of directors for a school administrative district so that a municipality may not control more than 50% of the vote of a board of directors.

This bill also applies the public hearing requirement that pertains to municipal referenda to school administrative district referenda as well.