Uniform accounting system

30-A M.R.S. § 5821, under MUNICIPAL FINANCES.

30-A M.R.S. § 5821

Each municipality and each quasi-municipal corporation, including, but not limited to, various types of districts or corporations embracing a portion of a municipality, a single municipality or several municipalities not under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission, shall: [PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. C, §106 (NEW); PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, §§8, 10 (AMD).]

1. Accounting records. Keep its accounting records in conformity with generally accepted principles of municipal accounting; and

2. Uniform classification. Use a uniform classification for revenue, expenditures and balance sheet accounts.