HB1196: relative to cost items submitted to the town meeting.

HB 1196 – AS INTRODUCED

2006 SESSION

06-2354

06/04

HOUSE BILL 1196

AN ACT relative to cost items submitted to the town meeting.

SPONSORS: Rep. Slocum, Hills 6; Rep. O'Brien, Hills 4

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

ANALYSIS

This bill adds cost items to the special warrant articles that are voted on separately from the budget at town meetings and official ballot town meetings.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

06-2354

06/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six

AN ACT relative to cost items submitted to the town meeting.

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

1 Cost Items to be Voted Separately. Amend RSA 273-A:3, II(b) to read as follows:

(b) Only cost items shall be submitted to the legislative body of the public employer for approval at the next annual meeting of the legislative body by special warrant article, unless there is an emergency as defined in RSA 31:5 or RSA 197:3. If the legislative body rejects any part of the submission, or while accepting the submission takes any action which would result in a modification of the terms of the cost item submitted to it, either party may reopen negotiations on all or part of the entire agreement.

2 New Subparagraph; Definitions; Special Warrant Article; Cost Items Added. Amend RSA 32:3, VI by inserting after subparagraph (d) the following new subparagraph:

(e) Is a cost item within the meaning of RSA 273-A:1, IV.

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