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1 Capital Reserve Funds; Expenditures; Lease/Purchase Agreements. Amend RSA 35:15, III to read as follows:

III.(a) Notwithstanding the prohibition of debt retirement fund establishment in RSA 33:2, capital reserve funds may be used for multiple payments under a financing agreement for the purpose for which the capital reserve was established . *If the financing agreement is a lease/purchase agreement the following shall apply:

(1) The lease/purchase agreement does not contain an "escape clause" or "non-appropriation clause"; and

(2) The lease/purchase agreement has been ratified by the legislative body by a vote by ballot of 2/3 of all the voters present and voting at an annual or special meeting.*

(b) If agents have been named according to RSA 35:15, then no further vote is required to disburse funds following the initial vote which ratified the financing agreement.

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

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1 Capital Reserve Funds; Expenditures; Lease/Purchase Agreements. Amend RSA 35:15, III to read as follows:

III.(a) Notwithstanding the prohibition of debt retirement fund establishment in RSA 33:2, capital reserve funds may be used for multiple payments under a financing agreement for the purpose for which the capital reserve was established , including a lease/purchase agreement .

(b) If agents have been named according to RSA 35:15, then no further vote is required to disburse funds following the initial vote which ratified the financing agreement.

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