CHAPTER 305
SB 58 – FINAL VERSION
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2007 SESSION
08/03
SENATE BILL 58
AN ACT relative to the recommendation for the town budget.
SPONSORS: Sen. Kenney, Dist 3; Sen. Barnes, Dist 17; Rep. Belanger, Rock 4
COMMITTEE: Public and Municipal Affairs
This bill permits towns to require that votes by a budget committee or the governing body relative to budget items be recorded and that the tally be printed in the town warrant.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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 Seven
AN ACT relative to the recommendation for the town budget.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
305:1 New Paragraph; Budget Preparation. Amend RSA 32:5 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:
V-a. Any town may vote to require that all votes by an advisory budget committee, a town budget committee, and the governing body or, in towns without a budget committee, all votes of the governing body relative to budget items or warrant articles shall be recorded votes and the numerical tally of any such vote shall be printed in the town warrant next to the affected warrant article.
305:2 New Paragraph; Use of Official Ballot. Amend RSA 40:13 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:
V-a. Any town may vote to require that all votes by an advisory budget committee, a town budget committee, and the governing body or, in towns without a budget committee, all votes of the governing body relative to budget items or warrant articles shall be recorded votes and the numerical tally of any such vote shall be printed in the town warrant next to the affected warrant article.
305:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: July 13, 2007
Effective: September 11, 2007