CHAPTER 38

HB 207-FN - FINAL VERSION

2023 SESSION

23-0044

10/08

HOUSE BILL 207-FN

AN ACT relative to school district unanticipated funds.

SPONSORS: Rep. Plett, Hills. 29; Rep. Cushman, Hills. 28

COMMITTEE: Education

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ANALYSIS

This bill increases the amount of unanticipated funds for which a school district is required to give notice and hold a public meeting.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

23-0044

10/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

AN ACT relative to school district unanticipated funds.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

38:1  School Money; Appropriation for Unanticipated Funds Made Available During Year; Amount Increased.  Amend RSA 198:20-b, III to read as follows:

III.(a)  For unanticipated funds in the amount of [$5,000] $20,000 or more, the school board shall hold a prior public hearing on the action to be taken.  Notice of the time, place, and subject of such hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the relevant municipality at least 7 days before the meeting is held.

(b)  A school board may establish the amount of unanticipated funds required for notice under this subparagraph, provided such amount is less than [$5,000] $20,000.  For unanticipated funds in an amount less than [$5,000] $20,000, the school board shall post notice of the funds in the agenda and shall include notice in the minutes of the school board meeting in which such funds are discussed.  The acceptance of unanticipated funds under this subparagraph shall be made in public session of any regular school board meeting.

38:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: May 19, 2023

Effective Date: July 18, 2023