Revision: March 27, 2014, midnight
HB 1350 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
19Mar2014… 0701h
2014 SESSION
06/04
HOUSE BILL 1350
AN ACT relative to prior public hearings for acceptance of unanticipated funds.
SPONSORS: Rep. Kelleigh Murphy, Hills 7
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
This bill raises the threshold requiring a public meeting prior to selectmen taking any action on unanticipated funds.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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
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.
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 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.