CHAPTER 147
SB 75 – FINAL VERSION
03Jun2009… 1659h
2009 SESSION
06/03
SENATE BILL 75
AN ACT changing the formula for distribution of highway funds in the Woodsville fire district and ratifying the establishment of the West Ossipee fire precinct as a village district.
SPONSORS: Sen. Reynolds, Dist 2; Rep. Ladd, Graf 5; Rep. Ingbretson, Graf 5
COMMITTEE: Public and Municipal Affairs
This bill:
I. Provides a formula for determining the amount attributable to the town of Haverhill for appropriation to the highway funds in the Woodsville fire district.
II. Ratifies the establishment of the West Ossipee fire precinct as a village 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03Jun2009… 1659h
09-0159
06/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT changing the formula for distribution of highway funds in the Woodsville fire district and ratifying the establishment of the West Ossipee fire precinct as a village district.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
147:1 Distribution of Highway Funds in Woodsville Fire District. Amend 1887, 204:3, as amended by 1899, 196:2 and 1990, 37:1, to read as follows:
SECT. 3. Said district at each annual meeting shall elect by ballot a moderator, a clerk, one auditor, a treasurer, and three commissioners. All of said officers shall be elected by a majority vote of all the voters present and voting at the annual meeting. Said officers shall exercise in relation to district meetings the like powers to those of moderator, clerk, and selectmen of towns. The commissioners shall have within the district all the powers of the mayor and aldermen of any city respecting highways, sidewalks, and sewers. They shall control and direct the expenditure of all moneys raised under authority of the district and by the town of Haverhill for expenditure in the district. They shall have sole authority to appoint a highway surveyor in said district, and in default of such appointment shall themselves perform the duties of that office. The surveyor or commissioners performing the duties of highway surveyor in the district shall give bond to the town to account for all money coming into their hands, and for the proper care and custody of the property of the town or district which may come into their custody or control, and shall be deemed officers of the town. Nothing in this act shall be construed to impose any distinct or special liability upon the district respecting highways within its limits. Vacancies that may occur in the office of commissioner in the district shall be filled by appointment of the remaining commissioners or commissioner, but any commissioner appointed to fill a vacancy shall hold office only until the next annual district meeting. Commissioners shall be residents of the district. The money appropriated for the distribution of highway funds in the district which is attributable to the town of Haverhill shall [not exceed 20 percent of the total amount of expenditures authorized at the town meeting] be determined by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the assessed valuation of the properties in the district, and the denominator of which shall be the assessed valuation of the properties in the entire town of Haverhill as determined annually from the town MS-1 form. The town of Haverhill shall appropriate the percentage represented by such fraction for distribution to the highway fund in care of the Woodsville fire district commissioners. The district shall also receive a proportionate share of the state highway block grant funds received by the town in the previous year based on the population and road mileage of the district compared to the population and road mileage of the entire town of Haverhill.
147:2 Establishment of West Ossipee Fire Precinct as Village District; Bond Warrant Article Approved. The status of the West Ossipee fire precinct as a village district and a body corporate and politic under RSA 52 is hereby legalized, ratified, and confirmed, regardless of the fact that the precinct may not have followed the procedures required by RSA 52, and as such, the bond warrant article passed at the January 10, 2009 annual meeting of the precinct which authorized the purchase and construction of a new fire station on Jewell Hill Road is hereby legalized, ratified, and confirmed.
147:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: June 30, 2009
Effective Date: June 30, 2009