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An Act To Modify the Membership of the Franklin County Budget Advisory Committee
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §873, sub-§1,  as enacted by PL 1991, c. 495, is amended to read:
 
1. Municipal officers and officials.   Municipal officers within each commissioner district shall caucus and shall elect municipal officers or municipal officials from that district to fill vacancies as they arise, for terms as provided in paragraph A. For the purposes of this section, "municipal official" means any person working for a municipality, whether elected or appointed.
 
A.  Members shall serve for 3-year terms, except that initially each district caucus shall select one member for a one-year term, one member for a 2-year term and one member for a 3-year term. There must be 3 members from each commissioner district. If a committee member ceases to be a municipal officerofficial during the term of membership, the committee member shall resign the membership and the next district caucus shall elect a qualified municipal officerofficial to fill the membership for the remainder of the unexpired term.
 
B.  A member whose position or department may be directly affected by a budget matter may not participate in a discussion or a vote concerning that matter.
 
SUMMARY
This bill allows municipal officials other than elected officials to serve on the Franklin County Budget Advisory Committee, with the provision that a member whose position or department may be directly affected by a budget matter may not participate in a discussion or a vote on that matter.