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or partially eligible as debt service costs for subsidy purposes | under section 15603 15672, subsection 8 2-A, paragraph B, | subparagraph (1) or subparagraph (3). "Permanent space lease- | purchase project" does not mean the purchase, lease-purchase or | construction of portable temporary classroom space, as defined in | section 15603 15672, subsection 19-A 21-B, or the lease-purchase | of bus garage and maintenance facilities, as defined in section | 15603, subsection 6-A . |
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| | Sec. B-15. 20-A MRSA §15904, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 81, | §12, is amended to read: |
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| | 6. Permanent space lease-purchase projects. A permanent | space lease-purchase project, as defined in section 15901, | subsection 4-B, whose costs are wholly eligible as debt service | costs for subsidy purposes under section 15603 15672, subsection | 8 2-A, paragraph B must receive a favorable vote of the | legislative body of the school administrative unit. A permanent | space lease-purchase project whose lease-purchase costs are not | eligible as debt service costs for subsidy purposes under section | 15603 15672, subsection 8 2-A, paragraph B must receive a | favorable vote of the legislative body conducted in accordance | with this section, except that subsection 4 does not apply. The | vote may authorize the school board or school committee to enter | into a mortgage, security interest or other encumbrance on the | permanent space lease-purchase project determined to be necessary | for the permanent space lease-purchase project. |
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| | Sec. B-16. 20-A MRSA §15905, sub-§7, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 397, | §1, is amended to read: |
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| | 7. Interest-only interim local financing. Notwithstanding | any provision of law or rule to the contrary, the state board may | accelerate the dates on which it grants concept approval and | funding approval for a school construction project that has been | placed on the special priority list of the state board on the | condition that the school administrative unit provide interest- | only interim local financing for the project in accordance with | this subsection. The period of interest-only interim local | financing must be determined by the state board at the time | concept approval is granted for a project and must be based on | the time difference between the date that final funding approval | is expected to be granted on an accelerated basis and the date | that final funding approval would have been expected to be | granted in the normal course. The period of interim local | financing for a project may not exceed 5 years. |
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| Notwithstanding any provision of law or rule to the contrary, a | school administrative unit, including a school administrative | unit established by private and special law, authorized to issue |
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