An Act To Clarify the Intent of School Budget Referendum Language
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §15614, sub-§1, ¶A, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 859, Pt. G, §§2 and 4, is amended to read:
A. An article in substantially the following form shall must be used when a school administrative unit is considering the appropriation of the foundation allocation.
(1) "Article : To see what sum the municipality/district will appropriate from the foundation allocation for school purposes (Recommend $ ) and to see what sum the municipality/district will raise as the local share of the foundation allocation (Recommend $ ). Explanation: The local share of the foundation allocation is the amount of money determined by state law to be the minimum amount that a municpality/district must raise in order to receive the full amount of state dollars."
Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §15614, sub-§2, ¶A, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 859, Pt. G, §§2 and 4, is amended to read:
A. An article in substantially the following form shall must be used when a school administrative unit is considering the appropriation for debt service allocation.
(1) "Article : To see what sum the municipality/district will raise as the local share of debt service (Recommend $ ). Explanation: Debt service is the amount of money needed to repay the municipality/district's long-term debt for construction. In this municipality/district, the total debt owed is ($ ). The local share of that debt is ($ ) and the state-reimbursed share of that debt is ($ )."
Sec. 3. 20-A MRSA §15614, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1999, c. 710, §12, is further amended to read:
3. Additional local appropriation. A school administrative unit may raise and expend funds for educational purposes in addition to the funds under subsections 1 and 2. An article in substantially the following form must be used when a school administrative unit is considering the appropriation of additional local funds:
"Article : To see what sum the municipality/district will raise and to appropriate the sum of (Recommend $ ) in additional local funds for school purposes under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15614. Explanation: The additional local funds are those locally raised funds over and above the total of local amounts raised that are described in the foundation and debt service budget articles that will help achieve the municipality/district's budget for educational programs."
Effective September 13, 2003, unless otherwise indicated.
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