Revision: April 19, 2018, 4:08 p.m.
SB 342 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
03/15/2018 1009s
03/15/2018 1014s
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2018 SESSION
18-2998
06/10
SENATE BILL 342
AN ACT requiring identification of specific items in the default budget.
SPONSORS: Sen. Daniels, Dist 11
COMMITTEE: Public and Municipal Affairs
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill requires identification in the default budget of specific items that constitute a reduction or increase to the previous year's budget.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/15/2018 1009s
03/15/2018 1014s
19Apr2018... 1452h 18-2998
06/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT requiring identification of specific items in the default budget.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Use of Official Ballot; Default Budget. Amend RSA 40:13, IX(b) to read as follows:
(b) "Default budget" as used in this subdivision means the amount of the same appropriations as contained in the operating budget authorized for the previous year, reduced and increased, as the case may be, by debt service, contracts, and other obligations previously incurred or mandated by law, and reduced by one-time expenditures contained in the operating budget and by salaries and benefits of positions that have been eliminated in the proposed budget. For the purposes of this paragraph, one-time expenditures shall be appropriations not likely to recur in the succeeding budget, and eliminated positions shall not include vacant positions under recruitment or positions redefined in the proposed operating budget, as determined by the governing body, unless the provisions of RSA 40:14-b are adopted, of the local political subdivision. In calculating the default budget amount, the governing body shall follow the statutory formula which may result in a higher or lower amount than the proposed operating budget.
2 Default Budget. Amend RSA 40:13, XI(a) to read as follows:
XI.(a) The default budget shall be disclosed and presented for questions and discussion at the first budget hearing held pursuant to RSA 32:5 or RSA 197:6. 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 line item details for changes under subparagraph (2) shall be available for inspection by voters. The form and associated calculations shall, at a minimum, include the following:
(1) Appropriations contained in the previous year's operating budget;
(2) Reductions and increases to the previous year's operating budget including identification of specific items that constitute a change by account code, and the reasons for each change; [and]
(3) One-time expenditures as defined under subparagraph IX(b); and
(4) Reductions for eliminated positions and benefit expenditures as defined under subparagraph IX(b).
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.