| | | the referendum to vote on a budget approved by the committee. | | The budget approved at the district budget meeting must be | | submitted to the voters for validation at referendum in | | accordance with this section. The process must be repeated until | | a budget is approved at a district budget meeting and validated | | at referendum. If a budget is not approved and validated before | | July 1st of each year, the latest budget submitted by the | | committee is automatically considered the budget for operational | | expenses for the ensuing year until a final budget is approved, | | except that when the school committee delays the district budget | meeting in accordance with section 15617 | | paragraph C the operating budget must be approved within 30 days | | of the date the commissioner notifies the school committee of the | amount allocated to the school unit under section 15613 | | or the latest budget submitted by the committee becomes the | | operating budget for the next school year. |
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| | | Sec. A-15. 20-A MRSA §1704, sub-§1, ¶B, as amended by PL 1993, c. 410, | | Pt. F, §4, is further amended to read: |
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| | | B. The fiscal capacity of each member municipality as | defined in section 15603, subsection 11-A | | 23; |
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| | | Sec. A-16. 20-A MRSA §4003-A is enacted to read: |
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| | | §4003-A.__Hazardous chemicals |
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| | | The commissioner shall establish rules governing the purchase | | and storage of hazardous chemicals in schools. |
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| | | Sec. A-17. 20-A MRSA §4254, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1997, c. 534, §3, | | is further amended to read: |
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| | | 1. Allowable costs. Allowable costs are the cost of | | implementing approved plans; these costs may be added to the | school unit's subsidizable costs under chapter 606 |
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| | | Sec. A-18. 20-A MRSA §5401, sub-§15, ¶C, as amended by PL 2001, c. 667, | | Pt. C, §11, is further amended to read: |
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| | | C. A school board may obtain a short-term loan or enter | | into a lease-purchase agreement to acquire school buses if | | the loan is approved by the unit's legislative body or if | | funds that can be used for the initial lease-purchase | | payment have been appropriated by the unit's legislative | | body. The term of a loan or a lease-purchase agreement 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 |
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