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246:1 Municipal Budget Law; Budget Preparation; Numerical Tally. Amend RSA 32:5, V-a to read as follows:
V-a. The legislative body of any town, school district, or village district may vote to require that all votes by an advisory budget committee, a town, school district, or village district budget committee, and the governing body or, in towns, school districts, or village districts without a budget committee, all votes of the governing body relative to budget items or any warrant articles shall be recorded votes and the numerical tally of any such vote shall be printed in the town, school district, or village district warrant next to the affected warrant article. Unless the legislative body has voted otherwise, if a town or school district has not voted to require such tallies to be printed in the town or school district warrant next to the affected warrant article, the governing body or the budget committee adopted under RSA 32:14 may, do so on its own initiative, require that the tallies of its votes be printed next to the affected article.
246:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 12, 2018
Effective Date: August 11, 2018
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246:1 Municipal Budget Law; Budget Preparation; Numerical Tally. Amend RSA 32:5, V-a to read as follows:
V-a. The legislative body of any town, school district, or village district may vote to require that all votes by an advisory budget committee, a town, school district, or village district budget committee, and the governing body or, in towns, school districts, or village districts without a budget committee, all votes of the governing body relative to budget items or any warrant articles shall be recorded votes and the numerical tally of any such vote shall be printed in the town, school district, or village district warrant next to the affected warrant article. Unless the legislative body has voted otherwise, if a town or school district has not voted to require such tallies to be printed in the town or school district warrant next to the affected warrant article, the governing body or the budget committee adopted under RSA 32:14 may, on its own initiative, require that the tallies of its votes be printed next to the affected article.
246:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 12, 2018
Effective Date: August 11, 2018