Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 0856
Committee Amendment CA_A_H234 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "/J,, to H. P. 607,' L. D. 
Act Allowing School Unions To Improve Efficiency" 
856, Bill, "An 
Amend 
the bill 
by striking out all of 
section 
and 
inserting in its place the fOllowing: 
'Sec. 2. 20·A MRSA §1902, sub·§3, 1/F, 
as enacted by PL 1993, 
c. 131, §l, is amended to read: 
F. 
May assume additional responsibilities delegated by the 
school boards of the school administrative units comprising 
the school union. 
-A- Except as provided in section 1904, a 
plan for the delegation of additional responsibilities under 
this section must be approved by a majority of the members 
of each school board. 
The plan must include, but is not 
limited to, a description of the delegated responsibilities, 
apportionment 
of 
costs 
among 
the 
member 
school 
administrative units and consideration of appropriate time 
limits on contracts for purchases of school supplies. 
Funds 
to support additional responsibilities under this section 
must 
be 
budgeted 
and 
approved 
as 
part of 
each 
school 
administrative unit's budget. 
Sec.3. 20·A MRSA §1904 is enacted to read: 
§l904. 
Fiscal authority 
The superintendent of a school union may be designated as 
the treasurer of the school union and, notwithstanding section 
19Q2, subsection 3, paragraph F, the union committee of a school 
union may perform the functions of fiscal agent for the schoQI 
administrative units in the school union if a majority of the 
voters in each municipality agree to these designations through a 
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referendum or at a 
town meeting. 
The article that is placed 
before the voters in each municipality must state the specific 
functions to be performed by the fiscal agent, must state that 
the agreement under which the union committee may perform the 
functions of fiscal agent may not exceed a period of 3 years and 
must also include a schedule for regular payment of the warrants 
approved in each municipality to the union committee. 
The school 
union must provide the municipalities with accounting records 
after 
an 
audit 
has 
been 
completed 
and 
delivered 
to 
the 
superintendent. 
An 
agreement under which the union committee 
performs the functions of fiscal agent may be renewed for 
a 
period not to exceed 3 years. 
Each renewal may be approved only 
in accordance with the procedure~ described in this section.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment clarifies that the superintendent of a school 
union may be designated as the treasurer of the school union and 
that the union committee may perform the function of fiscal agent 
of the school union if these designations are approved by a 
majority of the voters of each municipality within the school 
union. 
The amendment also requires that the article that is 
placed before the voters in each municipality within the school 
union to approve these designations must specify the functions to 
be performed by the fiscal agent, must state that the agreement 
under which the union committee may perform the function of 
fiscal agent may not exceed a period of 3 years and must include 
a schedule for regular payment of the warrants approved in each 
municipality to the union committee. 
The agreement under which 
the union committee may perform the function of fiscal agent may 
also be renewed by the voters of each municipali ty wi thin the 
school union in accordance with these same approval procedures. 
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