Revision: March 27, 2014, midnight
SB 236 – AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
01/30/14 0201s
2014 SESSION
08/04
SENATE BILL 236
AN ACT relative to delivery of the final budget and recommendation of the municipal budget committee to the governing body.
SPONSORS: Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Rep. C. McGuire, Merr 29; Rep. D. McGuire, Merr 21; Rep.?Duarte, Rock 2; Rep. Tasker, Rock 2
COMMITTEE: Public and Municipal Affairs
This bill allows municipalities with a municipal budget committee to deliver final budget and recommendations the Thursday before the last Monday in January, February, or March depending on when the municipality holds its annual meeting.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01/30/14 0201s
14-2655
08/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen
AN ACT relative to delivery of the final budget and recommendation of the municipal budget committee to the governing body.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Use of Official Ballot. Amend RSA 40:13, II-a (c) to read as follows:
(c) Budget hearings under RSA 32:5 and RSA 195:12 and hearings under RSA 33:8-a and RSA 675:3 shall be held on or before the third Tuesday in January. One or more supplemental budget hearings may be held at any time before the first session of the annual meeting, subject to the 7-day notice requirement in RSA 32:5. If the first hearing or any supplemental hearing is recessed to a later date or time, additional notice shall not be required for a supplemental session if the date, time, and place of the supplemental session are made known at the original hearing. In a political subdivision that has adopted a municipal budget committee pursuant to RSA 32:14, the last day for the budget committee to deliver copies of the final budget and recommendations to the governing body pursuant to RSA 32:16, IV shall be the Thursday before the last Monday in January.
2 Use of Official Ballot. Amend RSA 40:13, II-b (c) to read as follows:
(c) Budget hearings under RSA 32:5 and RSA 195:12 and hearings under RSA 33:8-a and RSA 675:3 shall be held on or before the third Tuesday in February. One or more supplemental budget hearings may be held at any time before the first session of the annual meeting, subject to the 7-day notice requirement in RSA 32:5. If the first hearing or any supplemental hearing is recessed to a later date or time, additional notice shall not be required for a supplemental session if the date, time, and place of the supplemental session are made known at the original hearing. In a political subdivision that has adopted a municipal budget committee pursuant to RSA?32:14, the last day for the budget committee to deliver copies of the final budget and recommendations to the governing body pursuant to RSA 32:16, IV shall be the Thursday before the last Monday in February.
3 Use of Official Ballot. Amend RSA 40:13, II-c (c) to read as follows:
(c) Budget hearings under RSA 32:5 and RSA 195:12 and hearings under RSA 33:8-a and RSA 675:3 shall be held on or before the third Tuesday in March. One or more supplemental budget hearings may be held at any time before the first session of the annual meeting, subject to the 7-day notice requirement in RSA 32:5. If the first hearing or any supplemental hearing is recessed to a later date or time, additional notice shall not be required for a supplemental session if the date, time, and place of the supplemental session are made known at the original hearing. In a political subdivision that has adopted a municipal budget committee pursuant to RSA?32:14, the last day for the budget committee to deliver copies of the final budget and recommendations to the governing body pursuant to RSA 32:16, IV shall be the Thursday before the last Monday in March.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.