CHAPTER 217
HB 1633 – FINAL VERSION
05/09/12 2157s
2012 SESSION
06/03
HOUSE BILL 1633
AN ACT relative to a tally requirement on school district and village district warrant articles.
SPONSORS: Rep. Maltz, Hills 27; Rep. C. McGuire, Merr 8; Rep. Renzullo, Hills 27; Rep. Ulery, Hills 27
This bill permits school districts and village districts to require tallies on school district warrant articles.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
05/09/12 2157s
12-2659
06/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
AN ACT relative to a tally requirement on school district and village district warrant articles.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
217:1 Budget Preparation; Tally Requirement. Amend RSA 32:5, V-a to read as follows:
V-a. The legislative body of any town, school district, or village district may vote to require that all votes by an advisory budget committee, a town, school district, or village district budget committee, and the governing body or, in towns, school districts, or village districts without a budget committee, all votes of the governing body relative to budget items or any warrant articles shall be recorded votes and the numerical tally of any such vote shall be printed in the town, school district, or village district warrant next to the affected warrant article. Unless the legislative body has voted otherwise, if a town or school district has not voted to require such tallies to be printed in the town or school district warrant next to the affected warrant article, the governing body may do so on its own initiative.
217:2 Use of Official Ballot; Tally Requirement. Amend RSA 40:13, V-a to read as follows:
V-a. The legislative body of any town, school district, or village district may vote to require that all votes by an advisory budget committee, a town, school district, or village district budget committee, and the governing body or, in towns, school districts, or village districts without a budget committee, all votes of the governing body relative to budget items or any warrant articles or ballot questions shall be recorded votes and the numerical tally of any such vote shall be printed in the town, school district, or village district warrant next to the affected warrant article or on the ballot next to the affected ballot question. Unless the legislative body has voted otherwise, if a town or school district has not voted to require such tallies to be printed in the town or school district warrant next to the affected warrant article or on the ballot next to the affected ballot question, the governing body may do so on its own initiative.
217:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.
Approved: June 13, 2012
Effective Date: July 1, 2013