Revision: Nov. 16, 2023, 8:12 a.m.
2024 SESSION
24-2780.1
02/08
HOUSE BILL [bill number]
AN ACT relative to the powers and duties of cooperative school district budget committees.
SPONSORS: [sponsors]
COMMITTEE: [committee]
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ANALYSIS
This bill expands the powers and duties of cooperative school district budget committees.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2780.1
02/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to the powers and duties of cooperative school district budget committees.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Cooperative School Districts; Budget Committee. Amend RSA 195:12-a, II to read as follows:
II. Such cooperative school budget committee shall have the powers and duties of the municipal budget committee under the provisions of RSA 32 insofar as the budget for the cooperative school district is concerned and insofar as RSA 32 is applicable to the cooperative school budget. Additionally, the committee shall review and evaluate any proposed warrant articles or supplemental appropriations involving the expenditure of funds, including withdrawals from capital reserves, not previously authorized. No such expenditure may be the subject of a noticed hearing or meeting of the legislative body until the budget committee has had an opportunity for review and evaluation. No warrant articles shall be printed on the annual town meeting ballot or special meeting ballot without approval by the committee. The budget committee shall vote on each such proposal and the vote shall be recorded and printed with the ballot.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.