Maine § 20-A §15904 Local vote

Maine Statutes

§ 20-A §15904 — Local vote

Maine § 20-A §15904

Title 20-AEDUCATION

Part 7SCHOOL FINANCE

Ch. 609SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION

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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 20-A, § 20-A §15904 (2026).

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Prior to design and funding approval by the state board, a school construction project, except a small scale school construction project as defined in section 15901, subsection 4‑A, must receive a favorable vote conducted in accordance with the following.

1.Municipal schools. In a municipality where the responsibility for final adoption of the school budget is vested in a municipal council by municipal charter or in a town meeting, the vote shall be by referendum in accordance with the appropriate provisions set forth in Title 21‑A and Title 30‑A, except that the filing requirement contained in Title 30‑A, section 2528, subsection 5, does not apply.

2.School administrative districts. In a school administrative district the vote must be conducted in accordance with section 1305 or section

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Prior to design and funding approval by the state board, a school construction project, except a small scale school construction project as defined in section 15901, subsection 4‑A, must receive a favorable vote conducted in accordance with the following.
1.
Municipal schools.
In a municipality where the responsibility for final adoption of the school budget is vested in a municipal council by municipal charter or in a town meeting, the vote shall be by referendum in accordance with the appropriate provisions set forth in Title 21‑A and Title 30‑A, except that the filing requirement contained in Title 30‑A, section 2528, subsection 5, does not apply.
2.
School administrative districts.
In a school administrative district the vote must be conducted in accordance with section 1305 or sections 1351 to 1354.
3.
Community school districts.
In a community school district, the vote shall be conducted in accordance with Title 30‑A, sections 2528 to 2532. The return and counting of votes shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures established in section 1353, subsection 3. The district school committee shall:
3-A.
Regional school units.
In a regional school unit, the vote must be conducted in accordance with chapter 103‑A.
4.
Form.
The article shall indicate:
5.
Career and technical education regions.
In a career and technical education region, the vote must be conducted in accordance with sections 1351 to 1354 and section 8465. References in sections 1351 to 1354 to school administrative unit and board of directors mean "career and technical education region" and "cooperative board," respectively.
6.
Permanent space lease-purchase projects.
A permanent space lease-purchase project, as defined in section 15901, subsection 4‑B, whose costs are wholly eligible as debt service costs for subsidy purposes under section 15672, subsection 2‑A, paragraph B must receive a favorable vote of the legislative body of the school administrative unit. A permanent space lease-purchase project whose lease-purchase costs are not eligible as debt service costs for subsidy purposes under section 15672, subsection 2‑A, paragraph B must receive a favorable vote of the legislative body conducted in accordance with this section, except that subsection 4 does not apply. The vote may authorize the school board or school committee to enter into a mortgage, security interest or other encumbrance on the permanent space lease-purchase project determined to be necessary for the permanent space lease-purchase project.

Legislative History

PL 1981, c. 693, §§5,8 (NEW). PL 1985, c. 161, §4 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 248, §§3-5 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 506, §§B15,16,18 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 570, §§1,2 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 737, §A46 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 98, §§6,7 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 402, §A131 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 737, §§C60,C61, C106 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 104, §§C8,C10 (AMD). RR 1991, c. 2, §72 (COR). PL 1999, c. 81, §§11,12 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 545, §5 (REV). PL 2005, c. 12, §§WW8,9 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 683, §B15 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, §35 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 167, Pt. B, §4 (AMD).