Maine LD1586: An Act to Amend the Regional School Unit Budget Validation Referendum Law

What the bill says

An Act to Amend the Regional School Unit Budget Validation Referendum Law Reference to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered printed. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative BAGSHAW of Windham. Cosponsored by Senator HARRINGTON of York and Representatives: CIMINO of Bridgton, COLLINS of Sidney, GRIFFIN of Levant, QUINT of Hodgdon, RUDNICKI of Fairfield, SCHMERSAL-BURGESS of Mexico, SOBOLESKI of Phillips, Senator: MOORE of Washington. Printed on recycled paper.

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An Act to Amend the Regional School Unit Budget Validation Referendum Law Reference to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered printed. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative BAGSHAW of Windham. Cosponsored by Senator HARRINGTON of York and Representatives: CIMINO of Bridgton, COLLINS of Sidney, GRIFFIN of Levant, QUINT of Hodgdon, RUDNICKI of Fairfield, SCHMERSAL-BURGESS of Mexico, SOBOLESKI of Phillips, Senator: MOORE of Washington. Printed on recycled paper Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §1486, sub-§3, ¶F, as repealed and replaced by PL 2009, c. 415, Pt. B, §7, is amended to read: F. The article to be voted on must be in the following form: (1) "Do you favor approving the (name of regional school unit) budget for the upcoming school year in the amount of (insert the $ amount) that was adopted at the latest (name of regional school unit) budget meeting? Yes No" SUMMARY 1100 This bill requires the question for a budget validation referendum for a regional school 1111 unit budget to include the dollar amount of the budget. Page 1 - 132LR2168(01)

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Sponsors

• Barbara Bagshaw (R, 106) · primary sponsor
• Marygrace Cimino (R, 83)
• Alicia Collins (R, 61)