HB1120 (2014) Detail

Relative to procedures for the county budget and expenditures for Belknap county.


HB 1120 – AS INTRODUCED

2014 SESSION

14-2116

10/06

HOUSE BILL 1120

AN ACT relative to procedures for the county budget and expenditures for Belknap county.

SPONSORS: Rep. F. Tilton, Belk 3; Rep. Vadney, Belk 2

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

ANALYSIS

This bill establishes a procedure for appropriations voted by the county convention and transfers of appropriations in the budget for Belknap county.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

14-2116

10/06

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen

AN ACT relative to procedures for the county budget and expenditures for Belknap county.

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

1 New Section; Belknap County; County Convention; Appropriations and Transfers. Amend RSA 24 by inserting after section 13-c the following new section:

24:13-d Belknap County. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the following procedures shall apply in Belknap county:

I. The appropriations voted pursuant to RSA 24:13 shall be itemized in detail, including specific lines within each department, and a record thereof shall be kept by the clerk of the county convention and the county treasurer. The executive committee of the county convention is authorized 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 not less than twice each year. For each review, the county commissioners shall report to the executive committee the expenditures of the county as compared to the detailed budget as voted by the county convention.

II. Any request to transfer funds between specific lines within a department or from one department to another must be made in writing by a department head to the county commissioners who, if they approve same, shall report in writing their recommendation to the executive committee. The executive committee by majority vote may approve such transfer of funds in whole or in part.

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