Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA c. 3, sub-c. 1, art. 2, as amended, is repealed.

Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA c. 3, sub-c. 1, art. 2-A is enacted to read:

ARTICLE 2-A

ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE

§728.__Budget; appropriations; approval

Notwithstanding sections 2, 701 and 702, in Androscoggin County the county commissioners may appropriate money according to a budget that must be approved by a majority of the county commissioners.

§728-A.__Interim budget

If the budget under section 728 is not approved before the start of a fiscal year, until a budget is finally adopted the county shall operate on an interim budget, which may not exceed 80% of the previous year's budget.

§728-B.__Advisory committee

The Androscoggin County Budget Advisory Committee, referred to in this article as "the committee," is established as provided in this section.

1.__Committee membership.__ The committee consists of 11 members who are chosen by the following procedure.

A.__Two municipal officers from each of the 3 county commissioner districts and one representative of the general public from each of the 3 county commissioner districts are chosen by the municipal officers from each county commissioner district, and 2 members of the county legislative delegation are chosen by the members of the county legislative delegation.__Committee members representing municipal officers and the general public serve 3-year terms, except for the initial members, whose terms are provided in subsection 2, paragraph B. If a committee member who is a municipal officer ceases to be a municipal officer during the term of membership, that committee member vacates membership.