Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 896 – Membership
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The budget committee consists of 9 voting members selected as follows. [PL 2001, c. 150, §1 (AMD).]
1. Municipal representatives. No later than 100 days before the end of the county’s fiscal year, municipal officers within each commissioner district shall caucus and elect members from that district for terms as provided in paragraph A. There must be 3 members from each commissioner district, 2 of whom are municipal officers and one of whom is a municipal official who is not a municipal officer as defined in section 2001. No more than one member may represent the same municipality at one time.
A. Members serve for 3-year terms, except that initially each district caucus selects one member for a one-year term, one member for a 2-year term and one member for a 3-year term. If a budget committee member ceases to be a municipal officer or official during the term of membership, that member shall resign the membership and the next district caucus shall elect a qualified municipal officer or official to fill the membership for the remainder of the unexpired term. [PL 1993, c. 582, §1 (NEW).]
[PL 2007, c. 663, §22 (AMD).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 896
- Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses.
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Municipal officers: means the mayor and municipal officers or councilors of a city, the members of the select board or councilors of a town and the assessors of a plantation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
- Municipality: includes cities, towns and plantations, except that "municipality" does not include plantations in Title 10, chapter 110, subchapter IV; or Title 30?A, Part 2. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
2. Legislative member.
[PL 2001, c. 150, §2 (RP).]
3. Budget committee chair. The budget committee shall select its own chair each year.
[PL 1993, c. 582, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1993, c. 582, §1 (NEW). PL 1995, c. 359, §1 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 49, §1 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 150, §§1,2 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 663, §22 (AMD).