| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §721, as amended by PL 1999, c. 253, §1, is | | further amended to read: |
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| | | The purpose of this article is to establish in Androscoggin | | County a method of appropriating money for county expenditures, | | including the salaries for county officers, according to a budget | | that must first be adopted by a budget committee and must then be | | submitted to the county commissioners. This article amends the | | statutory method in sections 2, 701 and 702 by creating a | | committee elected by Androscoggin County municipal officers with | | authority to adopt or amend the budget subject to review and | revision by the county commissioners and, if revised, subject to | subsequent acceptance or rejection by the budget committee as | provided in this article | | Androscoggin County. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §723, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1999, c. 253, §4, is | | further amended to read: |
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| | | 2. Duties. The county budget committee shall review the | | budget and estimates, including the salaries for county officers, | prepared by the county commissioners, and shall approve | | a final county budget as provided in this article. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 30-A MRSA §725, sub-§5, as amended by PL 1999, c. 253, §5, is | | further amended to read: |
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| | | 5. Adoption of budget. After the public hearing or hearings | | held under subsection 4 are completed, the budget committee shall | | adopt a final budget and transmit that budget to the county | commissioners. The county commissioners may not | budget adopted by the budget committee, except by unanimous vote | of the commissioners elected. If the adopted budget is changed | by the county commissioners, the budget committee may reject that | change by a 2/3 vote of its membership. | | and are not subject to further action by either county | | commissioners or the budget committee. The budget and the | | capital improvement program submitted under subsection 1 must be | finally adopted by a majority vote of the budget committee | | commissioners at a duly called meeting held before the end of the | | county's fiscal year. |
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| | | Sec. 4. 30-A MRSA §726, as amended by PL 1999, c. 253, §9, is | | further amended to read: |
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