Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §15617, sub-§9 is enacted to read:

9.__Revised budgets.__A budget that is under reconsideration due to its defeat in a town meeting or municipal election must be approved using the same method in which it initially was processed.

SUMMARY

This bill requires that whenever a school budget is considered and defeated in a town meeting or municipal election then the revised budget to be considered must follow the same process for approval.