An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government, General Fund and Other Funds, and Changing Certain II Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2008 and June 30,2009
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 0499
Committee Amendment CA_A-SA_L_S217 (Senate)

SENATE AMENDMENT" L " to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 383, 
L.D. 499, Bill, "An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations for the 
Expenditures of State Government, General Fund and Other Funds, and Changing Certain 
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Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the 
Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2008 and June 30,2009" 
Amend the amendment in Part XXXX by inserting after section 46 the following: 
'Sec. XXXX-47. Exemption for efficient districts; school year 2007-2008. 
Notwithstanding any provision of this Part to the contrary, a school administrative unit 
that is an efficient district is exempt from the regional school unit formation requirements 
and is not subject to the penalties for nonconformance specified in the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15696. 
For purposes of the 2007-2008 school year, a school administrative unit is designated 
an "efficient district" if its reported 2005-2006 per-pupil expenditures for system 
administration represent less than 4% of its total per-pupil expenditures. 
Sec. XXXX-48. Rulemaking for efficient districts. The Commissioner of 
Education shall adopt major substantive rules, as defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, 
Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A, to establish criteria for the identification of efficient 
districts beginning with the 2008-2009 school year. 
The commissioner shall 
provisionally adopt the rules and submit them to the Joint Standing Committee on 
Education and Cultural Affairs no later than December 1, 2007. 
Sec. XXXX-49. Implementing legislation. No later than January 8, 2008, the 
Commissioner of Education shall submit legislation to the Joint Standing Committee on 
Education and Cultural Affairs that exempts efficient districts from the regional school 
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unit formation requirements and the penalties for nonconformance specified in the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15696. The committee shall submit emergency 
legislation to the Second Regular Session of the 123rd Legislature that implements the 
exemption for efficient districts for school years beginning on or after July 1,2008.' 
Amend the amendment by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter 
or section number to read consecutively. 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
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SENATE AMENDMENT" L .. to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 383, L.D. 499 
SUMMARY 
This amendment exempts from the regiona1ization requirements and the penalties for 
nonconforming school administrative units for the 2007-2008 school year efficient 
districts, which are defined as school districts that have reported 2005-2006 per-pupil 
expenditures for system administration that represent less than 4% of its total per-pupil 
expenditures. 
The Commissioner of Education is required to adopt major substantive rules that 
establish criteria for identifying efficient districts, beginning with the 2008-2009 school 
year. 
The commissioner is also required to submit legislation that implements the 
exemptions for efficient school districts. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
SPONSORED BY: ~ 
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(Senator RA YE) 
COUNTY: Washington 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 06/04/07 frac.. 
LD499 
LR 2452(47) 
An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government, 
General Fund and Other Funds, and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper 
Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2008 and June 30, 2009 
Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment" L" to Committee Amendment "A" 
Sponsor: Sen. Raye of Washington 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
No net fiscal impact 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
This amendment does not affect General Fund appropriations during the 2008-2009 biennium and a balanced budget is 
maintained. 
LR2452(47) - Fiscal Note - Page I of I