HB1159 (2012)

Defining a default budget for a municipality.


Status: HOUSE: INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE (Details)
Length: 93 words.

Revisions of this bill in our system:

 HouseSenate
Public hearing:2012-02-09 13:30:00 LOB 301(unscheduled)
Executive session:2012-02-14 11:00:00(unscheduled)
Floor vote:2012-03-07 00:00:00(unscheduled)

HB 1159 – AS INTRODUCED

2012 SESSION

12-2688

06/05

HOUSE BILL 1159

AN ACT defining a default budget for a municipality.

SPONSORS: Rep. Pettengill, Carr 1

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

ANALYSIS

This bill modifies the definition of default budget in official ballot towns.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

12-2688

06/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve

AN ACT defining a default budget for a municipality.

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

1 Official Ballot; Definition; Default Budget. RSA 40:13, IX(b) is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

(b) “Default budget” as used in this subdivision means the budget authorized for the previous year increased by any new debt service approved by the voters.

2 Default Budget. RSA 40:13, XI(a)(1) through (3) is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

(1) The budget authorized for the previous year; and

(2) Increases in the previous year’s budget by any new debt service.

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