CHAPTER 178
HB 1483 – FINAL VERSION
03Mar2010… 0633h
2010 SESSION
10/05
HOUSE BILL 1483
AN ACT relative to appropriations in the county budget.
SPONSORS: Rep. Millham, Belk 5; Rep. Patten, Carr 4; Rep. Fields, Belk 2; Rep. Merry, Belk 2
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
This bill allows the executive committee of the county convention to review the expenditures of the county budget no less than twice each year, and clarifies appropriations in the county budget.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03Mar2010… 0633h
10-2340
10/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT relative to appropriations in the county budget.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
178:1 Counties; Appropriations. Amend RSA 24:14 to read as follows:
24:14 Appropriations.
I. Appropriations by the county convention shall be itemized in detail and a record thereof shall be kept by the clerk of the convention. The executive committee of the county shall have authority to review the expenditures of the county after adoption of the county budget. Such review may occur as often as voted by the executive committee, but no less than [quarterly] twice each year. The convention may require the county commissioners to report once each quarter to the convention or to the executive committee the expenditures of the county as compared to the budget as voted, in such detail as determined by the convention. The county convention may require that the county commissioners obtain written authority from the executive committee before transferring any appropriation or part thereof under RSA 24:15. The county convention may adopt a policy regarding the acceptance of grants.
I-a. In this chapter, an appropriation means an amount of money authorized for a specified purpose by the legislative body.
II. The county convention shall adopt [its] the annual budget within 90 days after the beginning of the county’s fiscal year if the county operates on a calendar year basis. If the county operates on an optional fiscal year basis pursuant to RSA 31:94-a, then the county convention shall adopt [its] the annual budget not later than September 1. If the county convention does not adopt [its] the annual budget by the time specified, the budget, as recommended by the commissioners, shall take effect as the county budget.
178:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 21, 2010
Effective Date: August 20, 2010