Bill Text - HB1547 (2018)

Requiring review of default budgets by the department of revenue administration.


Revision: Nov. 6, 2017, 2:53 p.m.

HB 1547 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2018 SESSION

18-2698

06/05

 

HOUSE BILL 1547

 

AN ACT requiring review of default budgets by the department of revenue administration.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Weyler, Rock. 13; Rep. Burt, Hills. 39; Rep. L. Ober, Hills. 37; Rep. Ladd, Graf. 4; Rep. Cordelli, Carr. 4

 

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires towns to submit a copy of the default budget to the department of revenue administration.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

18-2698

06/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT requiring review of default budgets by the department of revenue administration.

 

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

 

1  Municipal Budget Law.  Amend RSA 32:5, VII(b) to read as follows:

(b)  The governing body in official ballot referenda jurisdictions operating under RSA 40:13 shall post certified copies of the default budget form or any amended default budget form with the proposed operating budget and the warrant.  A certified copy shall be forwarded by the chair of the budget committee, if any, or otherwise by the chair of the governing body, to the commissioner of revenue administration pursuant to RSA 21-J:34.

2  Department of Revenue Administration; Reports Required.  Amend RSA 21-J:34, VI(a) to read as follows:

VI.(a)  The governing body of the town, school district, or village district, or the budget committee in towns operating under the municipal budget law, shall file the budget and the default budget within 20 days of the close of the annual or special meeting.

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