HB 1279-LOCAL – AS INTRODUCED

2012 SESSION

12-2349

06/10

HOUSE BILL 1279-LOCAL

AN ACT relative to voting rights of certain budget committee members.

SPONSORS: Rep. Pratt, Hills 7; Rep. Hikel, Hills 7; Rep. Warden, Hills 7; Rep. Burt, Hills 7

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

ANALYSIS

This bill requires members of budget committees who are members of the governing bodies, school boards, or village districts to serve as non-voting members of such 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

12-2349

06/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve

AN ACT relative to voting rights of certain budget committee members.

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

1 Budget Committee Membership. Amend RSA 32:15, I(b) to read as follows:

(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] commissioner 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 shall serve as a non-voting member and may be represented by an alternate member designated by the respective board, who shall, when sitting, have the same authority as the regular member.

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