CHAPTER 217

SB 241 – FINAL VERSION

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2015 SESSION

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10/09

SENATE BILL 241

AN ACT relative to authorization for the town of Rindge to make capital expenditures from a trust fund.

SPONSORS: Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Little, Dist 8; Rep. Hunt, Ches 11; Rep. Sterling, Ches 14

COMMITTEE: Public and Municipal Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill changes the 2/3 vote requirement established in 1957 for expenditures from the principal of a trust fund.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/19/2015 0830s

15-0996

10/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen

AN ACT relative to authorization for the town of Rindge to make capital expenditures from a trust fund.

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

217:1 Town of Rindge; Trust Fund; Use of Principal; Vote Required. Amend 1957, 370:4 to read as follows:

370:4 Use of Principal. All or any part of the principal of said trust fund may be used and expended for a capital expenditure or capital improvement or the acquisition of property upon a vote at a town meeting by ballot of at least [two-thirds] 3/5 of the votes cast[, if the number of ballots cast shall be at least equal in number to one-half of the number of legal voters borne on the check-list of the town at the annual or biennial election next preceding the meeting at which such vote is taken].

217:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: July 6, 2015

Effective Date: July 6, 2015