HB 490 - AS INTRODUCED
2017 SESSION
17-0371
04/09
HOUSE BILL 490
AN ACT relative to certain citizens having standing to sue school boards.
SPONSORS: Rep. Weyler, Rock. 13
COMMITTEE: Judiciary
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This bill asserts that any taxpayer shall have legal standing to sue the school board of the school district in which he or she resides.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
17-0371
04/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT relative to certain citizens having standing to sue school boards.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; School Boards. Amend RSA 189 by inserting after section 1-e the following new section:
189:1-f Legal Standing. A taxpayer shall have standing to maintain a suit at law or in equity against the school board of the school district in which he or she resides.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Date | Body | Type |
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Jan. 31, 2017 | House | Hearing |
Feb. 14, 2017 | House | Exec Session |
March 8, 2017 | House | Floor Vote |
March 8, 2017: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 03/08/2017 HJ 9 P. 38
March 8, 2017: Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate for 03/08/2017 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 14 P. 17
Feb. 14, 2017: Executive Session: 02/14/2017 01:00 PM LOB 208
Jan. 31, 2017: Public Hearing: 01/31/2017 02:45 PM LOB 208
Jan. 5, 2017: Introduced 01/05/2017 and referred to Judiciary HJ 3 P. 15