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HB1460: relative to the form of municipal budgets.

Citation
2020 HB1460
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House status
Passed/Adopted with Amendment
Senate status
Laid on Table
Committee
Senate No Committee Assignment
Hearing
02/25/2020 at 11:30 AM
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No Committee Assignment Local government Public finance

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HB 1460 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

12Mar2020... 1096h

2020 SESSION

20-2459

06/01

HOUSE BILL 1460

AN ACT relative to the form of municipal budgets.

SPONSORS: Rep. Piemonte, Rock. 4; Rep. Sylvia, Belk. 6; Rep. Weyler, Rock. 13; Rep. Yakubovich, Merr. 24; Rep. Owens, Rock. 4; Rep. True, Rock. 4; Rep. Torosian, Rock. 14; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill permits municipal budget committees to require governing bodies to provide budget recommendations in full line item detail in active spreadsheet format.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

12Mar2020... 1096h 20-2459

06/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

AN ACT relative to the form of municipal budgets.

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

1 Municipal Budget Law; Duties of Governing Body and Other Officials. Amend RSA 32:17 to read as follows:

32:17 Duties of Governing Body and Other Officials. The governing bodies of municipalities adopting this subdivision, or of districts which are wholly within towns adopting this subdivision, shall review the statements submitted to them under RSA 32:4 and shall submit their own recommendations to the budget committee, together with all information necessary for the preparation of the annual budget, including each purpose for which an appropriation is sought and each item of anticipated revenue, at such time as the budget committee shall fix. In the case of a special meeting calling for the appropriation of money, the governing body shall submit such information not later than 5 days prior to the required public hearing. Department heads and other officers shall submit their departmental statements of estimated expenditures and receipts to the budget committee, if requested. The budget committee may require a governing body to provide its budget recommendations in full line item detail in active spreadsheet format.

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