Bill Text - HB118 (2017)

Relative to appropriations in petitioned warrant articles.


Revision: Jan. 30, 2017, 3:46 p.m.

HB 118 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2017 SESSION

17-0018

06/03

 

HOUSE BILL 118

 

AN ACT relative to appropriations in petitioned warrant articles.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Hennessey, Graf. 1; Rep. Massimilla, Graf. 1; Rep. Chandler, Carr. 1; Rep. Sterling, Ches. 14; Rep. Gilman, Rock. 18

 

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill eliminates the requirement that a governing body recommend an appropriation in a petitioned warrant article.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

17-0018

06/03

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

 

AN ACT relative to appropriations in petitioned warrant articles.

 

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

 

1  Municipal Budget Law; Budget Preparation.  Amend RSA 32:5, V(a) to read as follows:

(a)  The article, if submitted by a governing body, shall contain a notation of whether or not that appropriation is recommended by the governing body, and, if there is a budget committee, a notation of whether or not it is recommended by the budget committee; if the article is submitted by petition, no such notations shall be required;

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