Revision: April 6, 2020, 3:58 p.m.
HB 1460 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
12Mar2020... 1096h
2020 SESSION
20-2459
06/01
HOUSE BILL 1460
AN ACT relative to the form of municipal budgets.
SPONSORS: Rep. Piemonte, Rock. 4; Rep. Sylvia, Belk. 6; Rep. Weyler, Rock. 13; Rep. Yakubovich, Merr. 24; Rep. Owens, Rock. 4; Rep. True, Rock. 4; Rep. Torosian, Rock. 14; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill permits municipal budget committees to require governing bodies to provide budget recommendations in full line item detail in active spreadsheet format.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
12Mar2020... 1096h 20-2459
06/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT relative to the form of municipal budgets.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Municipal Budget Law; Duties of Governing Body and Other Officials. Amend RSA 32:17 to read as follows:
32:17 Duties of Governing Body and Other Officials. The governing bodies of municipalities adopting this subdivision, or of districts which are wholly within towns adopting this subdivision, shall review the statements submitted to them under RSA 32:4 and shall submit their own recommendations to the budget committee, together with all information necessary for the preparation of the annual budget, including each purpose for which an appropriation is sought and each item of anticipated revenue, at such time as the budget committee shall fix. In the case of a special meeting calling for the appropriation of money, the governing body shall submit such information not later than 5 days prior to the required public hearing. Department heads and other officers shall submit their departmental statements of estimated expenditures and receipts to the budget committee, if requested. The budget committee may require a governing body to provide its budget recommendations in full line item detail in active spreadsheet format.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.