Revision: Feb. 19, 2013, midnight
SB 197 – AS INTRODUCED
2013 SESSION
06/09
SENATE BILL 197
AN ACT relative to the inclusion of a default budget in separate warrant articles submitted by sewer commissions.
SPONSORS: Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Rep. C. McGuire, Merr 29; Rep. D. McGuire, Merr 21
COMMITTEE: Public and Municipal Affairs
This bill permits sewer commissions to submit separate warrant articles, which include default budgets, for approval by the legislative body of towns.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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06/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen
AN ACT relative to the inclusion of a default budget in separate warrant articles submitted by sewer commissions.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Sewer Funds; Separate Warrant Article; Default Budget. Amend RSA 149-I:10, II to read as follows:
II. Except when a capital reserve fund is established pursuant to paragraph III, all sewer funds shall be held in the custody of the municipal treasurer. Estimates of anticipated sewer rental revenues and anticipated expenditures from the sewer fund shall be submitted to the governing body as set forth in RSA 32:6 if applicable, and [shall] may either be included as part of the municipal budget or as a separate warrant article submitted to the local legislative body for approval. Any such warrant article shall include a default budget in the amount of the same appropriation as contained in the operating budget authorized for the previous year. If the municipality has a properly-established board of sewer commissioners, then notwithstanding RSA 41:29 or RSA 48:16, the treasurer shall pay out amounts from the sewer fund only upon order of the board of sewer commissioners. Expenditures shall be within amounts appropriated by the local legislative body. The sewer commission shall also remit to the municipality those costs incurred by the municipality in support of sewer operations, including but not limited to financial audit, facility insurance, treasurer compensation, and office support.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.