Bill Text - SB40 (2005)

Permitting special school district meetings to be held in conjunction with the biennial election in certain school districts.


Revision: Jan. 21, 2010, midnight

CHAPTER 83

SB 40 – FINAL VERSION

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2005 SESSION

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SENATE BILL 40

AN ACT permitting special school district meetings to be held in conjunction with the biennial election in certain school districts.

SPONSORS: Sen. Johnson, Dist 2; Rep. B. Williams, Graf 8

COMMITTEE: Internal Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill permits an official ballot school district to hold a special school district meeting in conjunction with the biennial election.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five

AN ACT permitting special school district meetings to be held in conjunction with the biennial election in certain school districts.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

83:1 Special School Meetings; Exception to Prohibition. Amend RSA 197:2 to read as follows:

197:2 Special. A special meeting of a school district shall be held whenever, in the opinion of the school board, there is occasion therefor, or whenever 50 or more voters, or 1/4 of the voters of the district, whichever is less, shall have made written application to the school board therefor, setting forth the subject matter upon which action is desired. [In no event shall a] No special school district meeting shall be held in conjunction with the biennial election, except when a special school district meeting has been approved by the court and a school district has adopted the official ballot referendum form of meeting pursuant to RSA 40:14.

83:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

(Approved: June 7, 2005)

(Effective Date: August 6, 2005)