20-A §1312. Reserve fund
Title 20-A: EDUCATION
Part 2: SCHOOL ORGANIZATION
Chapter 103: SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICTS
Subchapter 4: FINANCING
§1312. Reserve fund
School administrative districts may establish a reserve fund as follows. [1989, c. 132, §1 (AMD).]
1. Establishment. A school administrative district may establish a reserve fund for school construction projects, financing the acquisition or reconstruction of a specific or type of capital improvement or financing the acquisition of a specific item or type of capital equipment by including a request in the district budget and receiving voter approval. The board of directors shall be the trustee of the reserve fund. The reserve fund shall be deposited or invested by the treasurer under the direction of the board.
[ 1989, c. 132, §2 (AMD) .]
2. Deposit or investment. All district funds, including reserve funds and trust funds to the extent that the terms of the instrument or vote creating the fund do not prohibit, shall be deposited or invested by the treasurer under the direction of the board of directors according to the requirements for the deposit or investment of municipal funds contained in Title 30-A, chapter 223, subchapter III-A.
[ 1987, c. 737, Pt. C, §§42, 106 (AMD); 1989, c. 6, (AMD); 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD); 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, §§8,10 (AMD) .]
3. Expending moneys from reserve funds. The board of directors may expend the sum in the reserve fund when authorized to do so by a vote of the district at a district meeting or a district budget meeting, when an article for that purpose is set out in the warrant calling the meeting.
[ 1981, c. 693, §§ 5, 8 (NEW) .]
SECTION HISTORY
1981, c. 693, §§5,8 (NEW). 1983, c. 98, §1 (AMD). 1987, c. 737, §§C42,C106 (AMD). 1989, c. 6, (AMD). 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD). 1989, c. 104, §§C8,C10 (AMD). 1989, c. 132, §§1,2 (AMD).