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An Act To Stabilize School Heating Costs
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §15008  is enacted to read:
§ 15008.  Heating oil
The commissioner shall develop and administer a program for the bulk purchase of heating oil for every school facility within a school administrative unit that uses heating oil. A school administrative unit that uses heating oil shall pay to the department an amount equal to the unit’s consumption of oil purchased under this section and a pro rata share of the expenses by the commissioner to administer this section.
 
SUMMARY
This bill requires the Commissioner of Education to develop and administer a program for the bulk purchase of heating oil for every school facility that uses heating oil, with each participating school administrative unit paying for the unit’s consumption of oil and a pro rata share of the expenses to administer the program.