Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §893, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 204, §2, is amended to read:

2. Budget estimate; submission to budget advisory committee. The Oxford County commissioners shall submit a budget estimate for the coming year to the budget advisory committee no later than November 1st of each year. The budget advisory committee shall review the budget estimate and prepare the budget. The budget must be presented to the county commissioners before December 1st of each year. The county commissioners shall act on the budget in a timely fashion, not later than the 3rd Tuesday in December 15th of the year preceding the budget year. If the adopted budget is changed by the county commissioners, the budget advisory committee may reject that change by a 2/3 vote of its membership. Those actions are final and not subject to further action by either the county commissioners or the budget advisory committee.

SUMMARY

This bill changes the date by which the Oxford County commissioners must approve the county budget from December 15th to the 3rd Tuesday in December.