HB701 (2007) Detail

Relative to the definition of a school district in the case of unincorporated towns or unorganized places.


CHAPTER 99

HB 701 – FINAL VERSION

2007 SESSION

07-0603

04/01

HOUSE BILL 701

AN ACT relative to the definition of a school district in the case of unincorporated towns or unorganized places.

SPONSORS: Rep. King, Coos 1; Rep. Chandler, Carr 1

COMMITTEE: Education

ANALYSIS

This bill removes a specific reference to Coos county for purposes of defining a school district.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

07-0603

04/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven

AN ACT relative to the definition of a school district in the case of unincorporated towns or unorganized places.

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

99:1 School Districts; What Constitutes a District. Amend RSA 194:1 to read as follows:

194:1 What Constitutes a District. Each town shall constitute a single district for school purposes; provided that districts organized under special acts of the legislature may retain their present organization, and the word “town,” wherever used in the statutes in connection with the government, administration, support, or improvement of the public schools, shall mean district. The special state prison school district, as established by RSA 194:60, shall constitute a single district for school purposes, and shall be subject to the provisions of RSA 194:60. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in the case of unincorporated towns or unorganized places in [Coos] a county, [Coos] the county shall constitute the district.

99:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: June 11, 2007

Effective: August 10, 2007