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RSA 53-B:8 · District Committee
53-B:8 District Committee. –
Copy linkThe powers, duties, and liabilities of a district shall be vested in and exercised by a district committee organized in accordance with the district agreement. The district committee shall authorize and govern all actions of a district, and the district committee's actions which are consistent with the district agreement and this chapter are binding on member municipalities without any additional action by the governing or legislative bodies of those municipalities. A majority of district committee representatives shall constitute a quorum, unless the district agreement provides for weighted voting, in which case a quorum shall consist of representatives holding more than 50 percent of the voting power. A simple majority of the voting authority present shall be sufficient to approve an action by the committee except as otherwise provided in the district agreement and with the following exceptions. An affirmative 2/3 vote of the total votes of the district committee shall be required to authorize the incurrence of long-term debt or the dissolution of the district.
Copy linkThe committee shall choose a chairman by ballot from its membership. It shall appoint a secretary and a treasurer, who may be the same person, but who need not be members of the committee, and such other officers as may be provided for in the district agreement. The treasurer shall receive and take charge of all money belonging to the district and shall pay any debt of the district which has been approved by the committee, or by a noncontemporaneously signed manifest signed by 2 or more members of the district committee empowered by the district committee as a whole to authorize payments. The treasurer may, by vote of the committee, be compensated for his services. Proceedings of the committee shall be held in accordance with RSA 91-A.
Copy linkThe committee shall send to the member municipalities, by January 31 of each year, an annual report on the general activities and affairs of the district, including a detailed financial report. Source. 1967, 331:1. 1994, 367:10, eff. Aug. 8, 1994. 2024, 119:2, eff. Sept. 1, 2024.
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Source. 1967, 331:1. 1994, 367:10, eff. Aug. 8, 1994. 2024, 119:2, eff. Sept. 1, 2024.
Source history
- 1967, 331:1
- 1994, 367:10, eff. Aug. 8, 1994
- 2024, 119:2, eff. Sept. 1, 2024
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entity. Nothing in this paragraph shall affect the construction and operation of a solid waste facility on land owned by a solid waste management district formed under RSA 53-A or RSA 53-B or any combination of municipalities authorized by an act of the general court, if the land is located within a city or town that is part of the district. 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after it
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entity. Nothing in this paragraph shall affect the construction and operation of a solid waste facility on land owned by a solid waste management district formed under RSA 53-A or RSA 53-B or any combination of municipalities authorized by an act of the general court, if the land is located within a city or town that is part of the district. 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after it
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o read as follows: II. The fund shall be used to provide quarterly payments to New Hampshire municipalities or New Hampshire solid waste management districts established under RSA 53-B for source reduction and recycling efforts to offset payments made by the municipality or applicable solid waste management district associated with the solid waste disposal surcharge established under RSA 149-R:5, base
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o read as follows: II. The fund shall be used to provide quarterly payments to New Hampshire municipalities or New Hampshire solid waste management districts established under RSA 53-B for source reduction and recycling efforts to offset payments made by the municipality or applicable solid waste management district associated with the solid waste disposal surcharge established under RSA 149-R:5, base
Opinions and discipline decisions mentioning this RSA
- 99-294, PETER FRANKLIN v. DENISE CALLUM, PROJECT DIRECTOR, NH/VT SOLID WASTE PROJECT Supreme Court opinion · August 14, 2002