HB1350 (2014) Detail

(New Title) relative to prior public hearings for acceptance of unanticipated funds, and relative to the Career and Technical Education Center in Dover.


HB 1350 – VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

19Mar2014… 0701h

05/01/14 1537s

4Jun2014… 1984CofC

2014 SESSION

14-2491

06/04

HOUSE BILL 1350

AN ACT relative to prior public hearings for acceptance of unanticipated funds, and relative to the Career and Technical Education Center in Dover.

SPONSORS: Rep. Kelleigh Murphy, Hills 7

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill raises the threshold requiring a public meeting prior to selectmen taking any action on unanticipated funds. This bill also appropriates capital funds for the renovation of the CTE center in Dover.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

19Mar2014… 0701h

05/01/14 1537s

4Jun2014… 1984CofC

14-2491

06/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen

AN ACT relative to prior public hearings for acceptance of unanticipated funds, and relative to the Career and Technical Education Center in Dover.

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

1 Appropriation for Funds Made Available During Year; Prior Public Hearings. Amend RSA?31:95-b, III to read as follows:

III.(a) For unanticipated moneys in the amount of [$5,000] $10,000 or more, the selectmen or board of commissioners shall hold a prior public hearing on the action to be taken. Notice of the time, place, and subject of such hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the relevant municipality at least 7 days before the hearing is held.

(b) The board of selectmen may establish the amount of unanticipated funds required for notice under this subparagraph, provided such amount is less than [$5,000] $10,000. For unanticipated moneys in an amount less than [$5,000] such amount, the board of selectmen shall post notice of the funds in the agenda and shall include notice in the minutes of the board of selectmen meeting in which such moneys are discussed. The acceptance of unanticipated moneys under this subparagraph shall be made in public session of any regular board of selectmen meeting.

2 Capital Budget; Department of Education; CTE Center-Dover. Amend 2013, 195:1, V to read as follows:

V. Department of Education

A. Renovation of CTE Center - [Whitefield] Dover-State Share* [13,500,000] 10,475,000

B. Renovation of CTE Center-Salem- State Share* [10,775,000] 13,800,000

Total state appropriation paragraph V $24,275,000

*The funds appropriated to the department of education in subparagraphs A and B for CTE centers in [Whitefield] Dover and Salem shall not be spent, obligated, or encumbered until such time as an action plan has received approval from the capital budget overview committee. The department of education shall include the remaining funding for the CTE center in Dover as the first priority on the biennial 2016-2017 priority list of facilities and programs eligible for renovation and expansion pursuant to RSA 188-E:10.

3 Effective Date.

I. Section 1 of this act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

II. The reminder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.