CHAPTER 344
H.P. 1212 - L.D. 1644
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §937, sub-§1, ¶F, as repealed and replaced by PL 1995, c. 465, Pt. A, §6, is amended to read:
F. Director, Planning and Management Information; and
Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §937, sub-§1, ¶G, as amended by PL 1995, c. 560, Pt. F, §2, is repealed.
Sec. 3. 20-A MRSA §203, sub-§1, ¶F, as amended by PL 1989, c. 414, §3, is further amended to read:
F. Director, Planning and Management Information; and
Sec. 4. 20-A MRSA §203, sub-§1, ¶G, as amended by PL 1995, c. 560, Pt. F, §9, is repealed.
Sec. 5. 20-A MRSA §5401, sub-§15, ¶A, as amended by PL 1985, c. 781, is further amended to read:
A. The commissioner may not approve, in one year, more than $5,000,000 in expenditures for school bus purchases, excluding bus purchases made in accordance with paragraph C of this subsection. Annually, the Legislature shall review this limitation.
Sec. 6. 20-A MRSA §5401, sub-§15, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1981, c. 693, §§5 and 8, is amended to read:
C. A school board may obtain a short-term loan or a lease-purchase to purchase acquire school buses if it is approved by the unit's legislative body. The term of a loan or a lease-purchase may not exceed 3 years, except in a community school district a loan during the district's first year of operation may not exceed 5 years. The commissioner shall establish a maximum amount for annual-term purchases in excess of the amount established in paragraph A. Beginning in fiscal year 2003-04, these expenditures must be subsidized in accordance with section 15603, subsection 26-A.
Sec. 7. 20-A MRSA §6051, sub-§1, ¶E, as corrected by RR 1993, c. 1, §45, is amended to read:
E. A determination as to whether the school administrative unit has complied with applicable provisions of the School Finance Act of 1985 and the School Finance Act of 1995; and
Sec. 8. 20-A MRSA §6051, sub-§4, as repealed and replaced by PL 1985, c. 797, §36, is amended to read:
4. Initial report to commissioner. On or before December 1st, the school board shall provide the commissioner with:
A. A copy of the audit; and
B. Written assurance that the audit has been conducted in accordance with applicable state and federal law relating to financial and compliance audits.
C. Written determination of whether or not proper budgetary controls are in place;
D. A written determination of whether or not the annual financial report submitted to the department is correct, including submission of an audited reconciliation of the annual financial report prepared and certified by the auditor; and
E. A written determination as to whether the school administrative unit has complied with applicable provisions of the School Finance Act of 1985 and the School Finance Act of 1995.
Sec. 9. 20-A MRSA §6051, sub-§6 is enacted to read:
6. Report to commissioner. Within 9 months after the end of the audit period, the school board shall provide the commissioner with:
A. A copy of the audit report;
B. Accountability of all revenues and expenditures;
C. Written assurance that the audit has been conducted in accordance with applicable state and federal laws relating to financial and compliance audits; and
D. Any other information that the commissioner may require.
Sec. 10. 20-A MRSA §15603, sub-§26, ¶D, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 410, Pt. F, §15, is amended to read:
D. Nonsubsidizable costs are not considered in the calculation of the total allocation. "Nonsubsidizable costs" includes the following:
(1) Community service costs;
(2) Major capital costs;
(3) Expenditures from all federal revenue sources, except for amounts received under the United States Code, Public Law 81-874;
(4) One half of salary and benefit costs for superintendents, assistant superintendents and associate superintendents;
(5) Transportation costs not associated with transporting students from home to school and back home each day; and
(6) Costs payable to the Maine State Retirement System under Title 5, section 17154, subsections 10 and 11.
Effective September 21, 2001, unless otherwise indicated.
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