Revision: Jan. 8, 2019, 8:32 a.m.
HB 423 - AS INTRODUCED
2019 SESSION
19-0606
08/04
HOUSE BILL 423
AN ACT relative to budget committee membership.
SPONSORS: Rep. Torosian, Rock. 14; Rep. True, Rock. 4; Rep. Janigian, Rock. 8; Rep. Wallace, Rock. 33; Rep. Owens, Rock. 4; Rep. Yakubovich, Merr. 24
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
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ANALYSIS
This bill allows a member of the governing body of a municipality to be a nonvoting member of a town or district budget committee.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
19-0606
08/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT relative to budget committee membership.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Budget Committee Membership. Amend RSA 32:15, I to read as follows:
I. The budget committee shall consist of:
(a) Three to 12 members-at-large, who may be either elected or appointed by the moderator, as the town or district adopting the provisions of this subdivision shall by vote determine, who shall serve staggered terms of 3 years; [and]
(b) [One member of the governing body of the municipality and,] If the municipality is a town, one member of the school board of each school district wholly within the town and one member of each village district wholly within the town, all of whom shall be appointed by their respective boards to serve for a term of one year and until their successors are qualified. Each such member may be represented by an alternate member designated by the respective board, who shall, when sitting, have the same authority as the regular member; and
(c) One member of the governing body of the municipality who shall serve as a nonvoting member in an advisory capacity.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.