Bill Text - HB1307 (2018)

(Second New Title) relative to the first session of annual meetings.


Revision: March 8, 2018, 12:46 p.m.

HB 1307 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

 

6Mar2018... 0684h

2018 SESSION

18-2260

06/05

 

HOUSE BILL 1307

 

AN ACT relative to the presentation of a default budget.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Verville, Rock. 2

 

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires the presentation of the default budget at the deliberative session to include individual line items.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

6Mar2018... 0684h 18-2260

06/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT relative to the presentation of a default budget.

 

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

 

1  Use of Official Ballot; Meeting.  Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 40:13, IV to read as follows:

IV.  The first session of the meeting, governed by the provisions of RSA 40:4, 40:4-a, 40:4-b, 40:4-f, and 40:6-40:10, shall consist of explanation, discussion, and debate of each warrant article, including warrant articles pertaining to the operating budget or the default budget.  A vote to restrict reconsideration shall be deemed to prohibit any further action on the restricted article until the second session, and RSA 40:10, II shall not apply.  Warrant articles may be amended at the first session, subject to the following limitations:

2  New Subparagraph; Official Ballot; Definition; Contracts.  Amend RSA 40:13, IX by inserting after subparagraph (b) the following new subparagraph:

(c)  "Contracts" as used in this subdivision means contracts previously approved, in the amount so approved, by the legislative body in either the operating budget authorized for the previous year or in a separate warrant article for the previous year.

3  Official Ballot; Default Budget.  Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 40:13, XI(a) to read as follows:

XI.(a)  The default budget shall be disclosed at the first budget hearing held pursuant to RSA 32:5 or RSA 197:6 and shall be presented for questions and discussion using the same individual line items in the detailed operating budget or chart of accounts that is regularly used by the local political subdivision to present its operating budget.  The governing body, unless the provisions of RSA 40:14-b are adopted, shall complete a default budget form created by the department of revenue administration to demonstrate how the default budget amount was calculated.  The form and associated calculations shall, at a minimum, include the following: