{"data":{"id":"us-me/20-a-m.r.s.-15006","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"20-A M.R.S. §15006","heading":"School money; finance committees","body":"1.  Municipal schools.  Money appropriated for public schools for educational purposes may be paid from the treasury of a municipality by the treasurer of the municipality in the following circumstances:\nA.  Upon written order of the municipal officers following receipt of a bill of items certified by the superintendent of schools and approved by a majority of the school board or by a finance committee appointed or duly elected by the school board; or\nB.  Upon presentation of a disbursement warrant as provided in Title 30‑A, section 5603, subsection 2, paragraph A, subparagraph (2).\n2.  Quasi-municipal corporations.  No money appropriated for public school or educational purposes may be paid out by a school administrative unit other than a municipality, except upon written order of its treasurer.  No such order may be drawn by the treasurer, except upon presentation of a properly avouched bill of items which has first been certified as to correctness by the superintendent of schools and approved by a majority of the school board or by a financial committee appointed or otherwise duly elected by the school board.\n3.  Finance committees.  School boards which do not otherwise have authority to appoint a finance committee under this Title may appoint 2 or more members of the board and the superintendent to act as the finance committee of the administrative unit.","path":["TITLE 20-A: EDUCATION","PART 7: SCHOOL FINANCE","CHAPTER 601: GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/20-A/title20-Asec15006.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:30Z","sha256":"5ac9ee193171a64461b7cd762e92d05ecab896b6431c1b2677ca9b8694964681","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/20-a-m.r.s.-15005","next":"us-me/20-a-m.r.s.-15007"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}