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RSA 31:8-a · Authorization to Pay Dues

Title: III: TOWNS, CITIES, VILLAGE DISTRICTS, AND UNINCORPORATED PLACES
Chapter: 31 · POWERS AND DUTIES OF TOWNS
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31:8-a Authorization to Pay Dues. – The board of selectmen may vote to pay, from amounts appropriated by the town for town officers' expenses, such amounts as shall be payable for annual membership in the New Hampshire Municipal Association and expenses incurred in attending regular meetings of the said association, provided that the appropriation of such dues has not previously been rejected by a vote at the annual town meeting and provided further that the association shall not record association positions before the general court or committees thereof on matters which do not directly affect New Hampshire towns and cities, nor engage in partisan political activity by endorsing, or otherwise supporting, any political party or candidate. Source. 1961, 81:2, eff. June 13, 1961.

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Source. 1961, 81:2, eff. June 13, 1961.

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1961, 81:2, eff. June 13, 1961

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hall delineate the lobbying and non-lobbying expensed of each recipient. 2 Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places; Powers; Authorization to Pay Dues. Amend RSA 31:8-a to read as follows: 31:8-a Authorization to Pay Dues. [The] ?After a municipality has satisfied the requirements of RSA 15:5, V regarding the use of public funds for lobbying activities, the board of selectmen may vote