117:1 Town of Hampton; Authorization to Hold Special Town Meeting. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in response to the emergency circumstances presented by the rupture in late March 2018 of one of 2 force main sewer lines that are located in a marsh and that transport sewage from the entirety of Hampton Beach to the Hampton Wastewater Treatment Plant, which are in dire need of replacement, the town of Hampton is hereby authorized to hold a special town meeting without prior judicial authorization, to have the same authority as an annual town meeting, for the sole purpose of authorizing the issuance of the bonds and notes necessary to pay for the temporary and permanent replacement of both said force main sewer lines that are each over 28 years old, and to pay for the decommissioning of said lines. The special meeting is authorized to be conducted on or before August 28, 2018, and the town of Hampton is hereby authorized to conduct the events required to conduct a special meeting under RSA 31, RSA 32, RSA 33, RSA 39, and RSA 40 in accordance with whatever timetable will enable the special town meeting to occur on or before August 28, 2018, such authority to include, if necessary, the power to reduce the notice and other time periods required by such statutes, including the requirement of RSA 40:13, XVI that there be at least 28 days between the first and second sessions of a special meeting. The special meeting herein authorized shall be exempt from the requirements of RSA 31:5, I(a) that "the ballots cast at such meeting shall be equal in number to at least 1/2 of the number of legal voters borne on the checklist of the town entitled to vote at the annual or biennial election next preceding such special meeting; and such checklist, corrected according to law, shall be used at any meeting upon the request of 10 legal voters of the town."

117:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: May 30, 2018

Effective Date: May 30, 2018

117:1 Town of Hampton; Authorization to Hold Special Town Meeting. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in response to the emergency circumstances presented by the rupture in late March 2018 of one of 2 force main sewer lines that are located in a marsh and that transport sewage from the entirety of Hampton Beach to the Hampton Wastewater Treatment Plant, which are in dire need of replacement, the town of Hampton is hereby authorized to hold a special town meeting without prior judicial authorization, to have the same authority as an annual town meeting, for the sole purpose of authorizing the issuance of the bonds and notes necessary to pay for the temporary and permanent replacement of both said force main sewer lines that are each over 28 years old, and to pay for the decommissioning of said lines. The special meeting is authorized to be conducted on or before August 28, 2018, and the town of Hampton is hereby authorized to conduct the events required to conduct a special meeting under RSA 31, RSA 32, RSA 33, RSA 39, and RSA 40 in accordance with whatever timetable will enable the special town meeting to occur on or before August 28, 2018, such authority to include, if necessary, the power to reduce the notice and other time periods required by such statutes, including the requirement of RSA 40:13, XVI that there be at least 28 days between the first and second sessions of a special meeting. The special meeting herein authorized shall be exempt from the requirements of RSA 31:5, I(a) that "the ballots cast at such meeting shall be equal in number to at least 1/2 of the number of legal voters borne on the checklist of the town entitled to vote at the annual or biennial election next preceding such special meeting; and such checklist, corrected according to law, shall be used at any meeting upon the request of 10 legal voters of the town."

117:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: May 30, 2018

Effective Date: May 30, 2018