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Amend the amendment by inserting after the title the following:
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Amend the bill by inserting after the 3rd paragraph after the title the following:
‘Whereas, the residents of the Town of Otis and the Town of Mariaville are in immediate need of dissolving their union school agreement because the Town of Mariaville has become a member of Regional School Unit 24 and the Town of Otis has not and dissolving their union school agreement will enhance the ability of the Town of Otis and the Town of Mariaville to compete as innovative public schools; and
Amend the amendment by inserting after section 1 the following:
‘Sec. 2. Dissolution of Otis-Mariaville Union School authorized. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, chapter 109 and any other provision of law, dissolution of the Otis-Mariaville Union School is governed by the Otis-Mariaville Union School Agreement made in 1985, and a majority town meeting vote by the voters of either the Town of Otis or the Town of Mariaville is sufficient to terminate the Otis-Mariaville Union School Agreement in accordance with the terms of the agreement.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment authorizes the dissolution of the Otis-Mariaville Union School in accordance with the terms of the Otis-Mariaville Union School Agreement, rather than the subsequently enacted provisions of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, chapter 109.