Bill Text - HB522 (2013)

Relative to duties of town treasurers.


Revision: Dec. 31, 2013, midnight

CHAPTER 124

HB 522 – FINAL VERSION

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2013 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 522

AN ACT relative to duties of town treasurers.

SPONSORS: Rep. M. Mann, Rock 32; Rep. Schlachman, Rock 18; Rep. Danais, Rock 2; Rep.?Tasker, Rock 2; Rep. Raymond, Belk 4; Sen. Boutin, Dist 16; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

ANALYSIS

This bill allows town treasurers to pay out town moneys by receiving a manifest signed by a majority of the board of selectmen.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

04/18/13 1259s

13-0532

08/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen

AN ACT relative to duties of town treasurers.

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

124:1 Town Treasurers; Duties. Amend RSA 41:29, I to read as follows:

I. The town treasurer shall have custody of all moneys belonging to the town, and shall pay out the same only as follows:

(a) Upon orders of the selectmen in a public meeting or by a noncontemporaneously signed manifest signed by a majority of the board; or,

(b) In the case of a conservation fund established pursuant to RSA 36-A:5, upon the order of the conservation commission[,]; or

(c) In the case of a heritage [commission] fund established pursuant to RSA [674:44-a] 674:44-d upon the order of the heritage commission[,]; or

(d) In the case of fees held pursuant to RSA 673:16, II, upon the order of the local land use board or its designated agent[,]; or

(e) In the case of a recreation revolving fund established pursuant to RSA 35-B:2, upon the order of the recreation or park commission[,]; or

(f) In the case of fees deposited by the town clerk pursuant to RSA 41:25, upon the invoice of the town clerk, or other board or body designated by the town to expend such a fund.

124:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: June 25, 2013

Effective Date: August 24, 2013