Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA c. 3, sub-c. 1, art. 10 is amended by repealing the article headnote and enacting the following in its place:

Article 10

SAGADAHOC COUNTY BUDGET COMMITTEE

Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §881, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 513, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

§881. Budget; appropriations; approval

This article establishes a method of appropriating money for county expenditures in Sagadahoc County, according to a budget, which must first receive approval of a budget committee.__This article amends the statutory method in sections 2, 701 and 702 by transferring the authority of the Sagadahoc County legislative delegation and the Legislature to approve the Sagadahoc County budget to a committee composed of Sagadahoc County and municipal officials established pursuant to section 883.__This article applies only to Sagadahoc County.

Sec. 3. 30-A MRSA §882, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 513, is repealed.

Sec. 4. 30-A MRSA §883, as amended by PL 2001, c. 143, §1 and affected by §4 and c. 499, §1, is further amended to read:

§883. Budget committee

There is established a Sagadahoc County Budget Advisory Committee, referred to in this article as "the budget committee," as provided in this section.

1. Budget committee membership. The municipal officers from each county commissioner district shall choose the budget advisory committee members by the following procedure.

A. The budget advisory committee consists of 9 members: 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. Budget advisory committee members serve staggered 3-year terms, except for the initial members whose terms are provided in subsection 2, paragraph B. If a budget advisory committee member who is elected as a municipal officer ceases to be a municipal officer during the term of membership, that committee member shall vacate membership.