Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 900-M – Budget committee
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There is established the Penobscot County Budget Committee to carry out the purposes of this article. [PL 2005, c. 124, §1 (NEW).]
1. Membership. The budget committee consists of the following members:
A. Two members elected from each commissioner district as provided in subsection 2; [PL 2005, c. 124, §1 (NEW).]
B. Two municipal officials appointed by each county commissioner from the commissioner’s district; and [PL 2005, c. 124, §1 (NEW).]
C. One member of the county legislative delegation appointed by each county commissioner from the commissioner’s district. [PL 2005, c. 124, §1 (NEW).]
[PL 2005, c. 124, §1 (NEW).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 900-M
- Budget committee: means the Penobscot County Budget Committee. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 900-K
- 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.
- County legislative delegation: means all state legislators whose legislative districts, in whole or in part, lie within the boundaries of a county. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 1
- 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 official: means any elected member of a municipal government in Penobscot County. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 900-K
2. Municipal official elections. No later than 75 days before the end of the county’s fiscal year, the county commissioners shall notify all municipal officials to caucus by county commissioner district at a specified date, time and place for the purpose of electing one municipal official from each district as a member of the budget committee. Each county commissioner shall serve as nonvoting moderator for that district caucus. Nominations must be received from the floor. The nominee receiving the most votes is the budget committee member. The name of the member elected by the caucus must be recorded and forwarded to the county commissioners.
[PL 2007, c. 663, §27 (AMD).]
3. Term; vacancy; replacement. Budget committee members serve 2-year terms. If a budget committee member ceases to be a municipal official during the term of membership, the budget committee member vacates membership and a replacement must be appointed by the county commissioner from the district in which the vacancy occurred.
[PL 2005, c. 124, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2005, c. 124, §1 (NEW). PL 2007, c. 663, §27 (AMD).