CHAPTER 182
SB 242-LOCAL – FINAL VERSION
3June2015… 1510h
2015 SESSION
15-0999
06/03
SENATE BILL 242-LOCAL
AN ACT establishing a committee to study methods of adopting a budget in towns that have adopted official ballot voting.
SPONSORS: Sen. Stiles, Dist 24; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Rep. F. Rice, Rock?21
COMMITTEE: Public and Municipal Affairs
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill establishes a committee to study methods of adopting a budget in towns that have adopted official ballot voting.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
3June2015… 1510h
15-0999
06/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT establishing a committee to study methods of adopting a budget in towns that have adopted official ballot voting.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
182:1 Committee Established. There is established a committee to study methods of adopting of a final budget in towns that have adopted official ballot voting.
182:2 Membership and Compensation.
I. The members of the committee shall be as follows:
(a) Three members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
(b) One member of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.
II. Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.
182:3 Duties. The committee shall study:
I. Methods of adopting a final and default budget in official ballot towns.
II. Methods of voting on the budget and budget amendments on the official ballot.
182:4 Chairperson. The members of the study committee shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the committee shall be called by the first-named house member. The first meeting of the committee shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section.
182:5 Report. The committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2015.
182:6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: June 26, 2015
Effective Date: June 26, 2015