RSA 40:7 · Debate

40:7 Debate. –
No person shall speak in any meeting without leave of the moderator, nor when any person speaking is in order; and all persons shall be silent at the desire of the moderator, on pain of forfeiting $1 for each offense, for the use of the town. The moderator shall provide a primary petitioner, identified pursuant to RSA 39:3, RSA 197:2, or RSA 197:6, the opportunity to introduce the petitioned article at the meeting. The primary petitioner shall be given a minimum of 10 minutes to introduce the warrant article at the meeting. Upon written notice to the moderator, the primary petitioner may designate any registered voter to act as the primary petitioner of a petitioned article.
Source. RS 33:5. CS 35:6. GS 36:6. GL 39:6. PS 42:8. PL 46:7. RL 58:7. 2025, 173:4, eff. Sept. 13, 2025.