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RSA 32:2 · Application

Title
III: TOWNS, CITIES, VILLAGE DISTRICTS, AND UNINCORPORATED PLACES
Chapter
32 · MUNICIPAL BUDGET LAW
Status
current
Official source linked
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32:2 Application. – RSA 32:1-13, shall apply to all towns, school districts, cooperative school districts, village districts, municipal economic development and revitalization districts created under RSA 162-K, and any other municipal entities, including those created pursuant to RSA 53-A or 53-B, which adopt their budgets at an annual meeting of their voters, except RSA 32:5-b, which shall apply only in those towns or districts adopting that section pursuant to RSA 32:5-c. RSA 32:14-23, concerning budget committees, shall apply only in those towns or districts adopting that subdivision pursuant to RSA 32:14, I, and shall apply automatically in school districts or village districts located wholly within towns adopting that subdivision. Source. 1993, 332:1, eff. Aug. 28, 1993. 2011, 234:5, eff. July 5, 2011. 2012, 186:3, eff. June 11, 2012.

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Source. 1993, 332:1, eff. Aug. 28, 1993. 2011, 234:5, eff. July 5, 2011. 2012, 186:3, eff. June 11, 2012.

Source history

  • 1993, 332:1, eff. Aug. 28, 1993
  • 2011, 234:5, eff. July 5, 2011
  • 2012, 186:3, eff. June 11, 2012

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