Maine § 20-A §1312 Reserve fund

Maine Statutes

§ 20-A §1312 — Reserve fund

Maine·Title 20-A EDUCATION·Part 2 SCHOOL ORGANIZATION·Ch. 103 SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICTS

School administrative districts may establish a reserve fund as follows.

1.Establishment. A school administrative district may establish a reserve fund for school construction projects, financing the acquisition or reconstruction of a specific or type of capital improvement, financing the acquisition of a specific item or type of capital equipment or any of the expenditures listed under section 1485, subsection 1, paragraph A by including a request in the district budget, which must include a description of the purpose of the reserve fund, and receiving voter approval. The board of directors is the trustee of the reserve fund. The reserve fund must be deposited or invested by the treasurer under the direction of the board.

2.Deposit or investment. All district funds, including reserve fu

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School administrative districts may establish a reserve fund as follows.
1.
Establishment.
A school administrative district may establish a reserve fund for school construction projects, financing the acquisition or reconstruction of a specific or type of capital improvement, financing the acquisition of a specific item or type of capital equipment or any of the expenditures listed under section 1485, subsection 1, paragraph A by including a request in the district budget, which must include a description of the purpose of the reserve fund, and receiving voter approval. The board of directors is the trustee of the reserve fund. The reserve fund must be deposited or invested by the treasurer under the direction of the board.
2.
Deposit or investment.
All district funds, including reserve funds and trust funds to the extent that the terms of the instrument or vote creating the fund do not prohibit, shall be deposited or invested by the treasurer under the direction of the board of directors according to the requirements for the deposit or investment of municipal funds contained in Title 30‑A, chapter 223, subchapter III‑A.
3.
Expending money from reserve funds.
The board of directors may expend the sum in the reserve fund when authorized to do so by a vote of the district at a district meeting or a district budget meeting, when an article for that purpose is set out in the warrant calling the meeting, except that the board of directors may expend funds from a reserve fund by a vote of the board in accordance with the procedure in subsection 4:
4.
Procedure for expending money from reserve funds by vote of board.
The procedure for the board of directors to expend funds from the reserve fund pursuant to subsection 3, paragraph A or B must be as follows.

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Legislative History

PL 1981, c. 693, §§5,8 (NEW). PL 1983, c. 98, §1 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 737, §§C42,C106 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 104, §§C8,C10 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 132, §§1,2 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 588, §§1-3 (AMD).