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RSA 49-C:12 · Meetings
49-C:12 Meetings. –
Copy linkThe mayor shall preside over all meetings of the elected body, and the city clerk shall act as a clerk of the body. All meetings of the elected body shall be public in accordance with RSA 91-A. Regular meetings shall be held at such hours on such days of the week, at such intervals, as the charter may designate and special meetings upon such notice as is required in the charter. The elected body shall establish its own rules, and a majority shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of the board. The mayor shall have the right to introduce bills and initiate other measures at the meetings and to speak at meetings upon pending measures without resigning the chair. In cases where the mayor is directly elected, the mayor shall not be counted to make a quorum of such board, nor vote as a member of the board except in case of equal division.
Copy linkNotwithstanding paragraph I, a city may, pursuant to the procedures for adoption of charter amendments and submission to the voters under RSA 49-B:5 and 49-B:6, vote to allow the mayor to vote and be counted for purposes of a quorum at meetings of the city council, despite such mayor having been directly elected.
Copy linkNotwithstanding any contrary provision in paragraph I, the adoption of an override threshold provision to a tax cap included in a charter pursuant to RSA 49-C:33, I(d) shall provide for a supermajority vote of the elected body to adopt the annual budget. Source. 1991, 304:11. 1999, 27:1. 2011, 234:2, eff. July 5, 2011.
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Source. 1991, 304:11. 1999, 27:1. 2011, 234:2, eff. July 5, 2011.
Source history
- 1991, 304:11
- 1999, 27:1
- 2011, 234:2, eff. July 5, 2011
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lity, and citizen participation when municipalities consider overriding locally adopted tax or spending caps. II. Local tax caps and spending caps, whether adopted under RSA 32, RSA 49-C, or RSA 49-D, reflect the will of the voters to place limits on the growth of local government. III. In cities and towns governed by elected councils, budgetary and override decisions are made by a governing body acti
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2026 SB643-FN
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lity, and citizen participation when municipalities consider overriding locally adopted tax or spending caps. II. Local tax caps and spending caps, whether adopted under RSA 32, RSA 49-C, or RSA 49-D, reflect the will of the voters to place limits on the growth of local government. III. In cities and towns governed by elected councils, budgetary and override decisions are made by a governing body acti
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- 2009-791, City of Manchester v. Secretary of State & a.; Ryan Cashin & a. v. City of Manchester Supreme Court opinion · November 10, 2010