HB 1223 - AS INTRODUCED
2024 SESSION
24-2620
11/10
HOUSE BILL 1223
AN ACT relative to governing body members of the budget committee.
SPONSORS: Rep. Roy, Rock. 31
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
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ANALYSIS
This bill clarifies the role of governing body members for municipal 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2620
11/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to governing body members of the budget committee.
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 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 may be represented by an alternate member designated by the respective board, who shall, when sitting, have the same authority as the regular member. Governing body members and school board ex officio members shall serve in an advisory capacity only. They shall not vote on any matter before the committee and their presence at any meeting shall not count towards the quorum requirement.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.