2. Expense of keeping the school open. If the voters vote to keep the school open, the member municipality is liable for some additional expense for actual local operating costs and transportation operating costs as defined in section 15603 15672. The determination of costs is subject to the approval of the commissioner. The cost to be borne by the town voting to keep an elementary school open is the amount that would be saved if the school were closed. Any additional costs that must be borne by the member municipality must be part of the article presented to the voters at the meeting to determine whether the school should remain open.

Sec. A-11. 20-A MRSA §1701, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1991, c. 429, §4, is further amended to read:

3. Time and place. The district school committee shall call an annual budget meeting on or before June 30th at an hour and in a location within the community school district it designates, except that the school committee may delay the annual budget meeting to a date after July 1st in accordance with section 15617 15693, subsection 2, paragraph C.

Sec. A-12. 20-A MRSA §1701, sub-§9, ķA, as amended by PL 1999, c. 710, §8, is further amended to read:

A. The budget format may be determined by the voters of a community school district by adoption of an appropriate warrant article at a properly called election held in accordance with the procedure set forth in section 15617 15693, subsection 6.

Sec. A-13. 20-A MRSA §1701, sub-§12, as amended by PL 1999, c. 710, §10, is further amended to read:

12. State-local allocations. To summarize the action taken on the budget for the purposes of determining the community school district's state-local allocations, the articles prescribed in chapter 606 606-B must also be voted on.

Sec. A-14. 20-A MRSA §1701-B, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 710, §11, is amended to read:

5. Failure to approve budget. If the voters do not validate the budget approved in the district budget meeting at the budget validation referendum vote, the district school committee shall hold another district budget meeting in accordance with section 1701, subsection 8 at least 10 days after