An Act To Enforce Prompt Payment to Career and Technical Education Regions
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 1772
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
Sponsors: GIFFORD, TURNER
Amends: 20-A MRSA §8463-A

Legislative Document 
No. 1772 
H.P. 1304 
House of Representatives, January 11, 2012 
An Act To Enforce Prompt Payment to Career and Technical 
Education Regions 
Approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule 
203. 
Reference to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered 
printed. 
HEATHER J.R. PRIEST 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative GIFFORD of Lincoln. 
Cosponsored by Representative: TURNER of Burlington. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  20-A MRSA §8463-A is enacted to read: 
§8463-A.  Enforcement of payment of assessment 
1.  School warrant; monthly installment.  Following the assessment of each unit 
pursuant to section 8463, the school officials of each unit in the region shall place on the 
school warrant for payment the first of each month an installment equal to 1/12 of the 
unit's share of the region's budget. 
2.  Notification of failure to pay.  If a unit fails to pay the monthly installment or 
any portion of the installment set forth in the school warrant in accordance with 
subsection 1, in order to initiate collection procedures pursuant to subsection 4, the career 
and technical education director of the region shall notify the superintendent of the unit of 
the unit’s failure to pay. 
3.  Interest.  Interest accrues on each installment under subsection 1 that is not paid 
at the rate established under Title 36, section 186 beginning on the 60th day after the date 
the installment is due under subsection 1. 
4.  Judicial enforcement.  If payment of an installment under subsection 1 to a 
region is not made within 60 days after the date the installment is due, the career and 
technical education director of the region may initiate an action in Superior Court to 
compel payment of the delinquent installment.  The court shall determine the amount 
owed by the unit to the region and shall order the superintendent of the unit to pay all 
delinquent installments, accrued interest and any court costs and reasonable attorney's 
fees incurred by the region.  To ensure prompt payment of the delinquent installments, 
the court may require that amounts due to the unit from the State or a member 
municipality be paid to the region until the amount determined by the court is satisfied.  
The court shall promptly notify the disbursing agency or municipality of the 
determination and direct the agency or municipality to make the required change in payee 
and the amounts to be paid.  If additional funds are needed to satisfy the amount 
determined by the court to be paid to the region, the court may order the attachment or 
trustee process and sale of real or personal property owned by the unit or the attachment 
of the unit's bank accounts and may pay the amount owed the region from the proceeds 
and return any excess to the unit. 
SUMMARY 
The purpose of this bill is to enforce prompt payment from school administrative 
units to career and technical education regions.  This bill establishes a process, similar to 
the process established in statute for school administrative unit assessments and regional 
school unit assessments, that authorizes the imposition of interest on unpaid installments 
of the amounts owed by school administrative units for their shares of the applicable 
career and technical education region assessment.