Maine § 20-A §1305 Alternative voting procedures

Maine Statutes

§ 20-A §1305 — Alternative voting procedures

Maine § 20-A §1305

Title 20-AEDUCATION

Part 2SCHOOL ORGANIZATION

Ch. 103SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICTS

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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 20-A, § 20-A §1305 (2026).

Text

If requested before January 31, 2001 by a written petition of at least 10% of the number of voters voting in the last gubernatorial election in the municipalities within the district, the board of directors shall cause the following article to be voted on by the voters of the member municipalities. "Shall School Administrative District No..... require that the voting at future district budget meetings and special district budget meetings be done by referendum within each member municipality of the district instead of using the district meeting procedure? Yes No "

1.Procedure. The procedure for voting on the article shall be as follows.

2.Application. Following the board of director's declaration that the article has passed, the board shall cause the voting at all future district budget m

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If requested before January 31, 2001 by a written petition of at least 10% of the number of voters voting in the last gubernatorial election in the municipalities within the district, the board of directors shall cause the following article to be voted on by the voters of the member municipalities. "Shall School Administrative District No..... require that the voting at future district budget meetings and special district budget meetings be done by referendum within each member municipality of the district instead of using the district meeting procedure? Yes No "
1.
Procedure.
The procedure for voting on the article shall be as follows.
2.
Application.
Following the board of director's declaration that the article has passed, the board shall cause the voting at all future district budget meetings and to be called within each municipality within the district. The voting must be held in accordance with the procedures set out in sections 1351 to 1354, except that the warrant and absentee ballots for the meeting must be prepared and distributed to the municipal clerks at least 14 days prior to the date of the referendum. The board may hold informational meetings on voting procedure and budget prior to voting. The board shall be responsible for the form of the articles to be voted on in the municipalities, except as otherwise provided by law.
3.
Failure to approve a budget.
If the budget or a portion of the budget fails to receive a majority vote at the referendum, the board of directors shall decide in a public proceeding whether subsequent votes on the portion of the budget that was defeated must be conducted in accordance with the referendum procedure in subsection 2 or at a district budget meeting held at a single place in the district in accordance with procedures in sections 1303 and 1304. Subsequent votes conducted in accordance with the referendum procedure in subsection 2 must be held within 45 days. Subsequent votes conducted in accordance with sections 1303 and 1304 must be held within 30 days. These referenda or meetings must be held solely for the purpose of approving an alternative operating school budget to replace the part of the proposed budget that the voters failed to approve. The board may continue in this manner until an alternative budget is adopted.
4.
Reconsideration of alternative voting procedure.

Legislative History

PL 1981, c. 693, §§5,8 (NEW). PL 1983, c. 422, §4 (AMD). PL 1983, c. 485, §12 (AMD). PL 1983, c. 639, §§1,2 (AMD). PL 1983, c. 770, §§2,3 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 637, §§1,2 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 502, §A51 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 372, §§1,2 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 710, §3 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 710, §§3,4 (AMD).