CHAPTER 59
HB 1362-LOCAL - FINAL VERSION
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2000 SESSION
HOUSE BILL 1362-LOCAL
AN ACT relative to the reconsideration of cost apportionment within a cooperative school district.
This bill provides that the cost apportionment formula within a cooperative school district may be subject to review at any time after the expiration of the 5-year period measured from the date of the first annual meeting. Subsequently, if the cost apportionment formula is duly changed, the basis for such apportionment may be reviewed at any time after the expiration of the 5-year period measured from the date of the meeting at which the last change to the formula was made.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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04/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to the reconsideration of cost apportionment within a cooperative school district.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
59:1 Cooperative School Districts; Five-Year Period Reconsideration Amended. RSA 195:8 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
195:8 Reconsideration Procedure. If a cooperative school district was organized prior to July 1, 1963, the basis for the apportionment of all such costs may be subject to review, pursuant to an article for that purpose duly inserted in the warrant for a district meeting to be held at any time after the expiration of the 5-year period measured from the date of the first annual meeting. If the apportionment formula for a cooperative school district has been duly changed, the basis for the apportionment of all such costs may be subject to review, pursuant to an article for that purpose duly inserted in the warrant for a district meeting to be held at any time after the expiration of the 5-year period measured from the date of the meeting at which the last change was made to the cost apportionment formula. In either case, the cooperative school district may then by majority vote elect to apportion all such costs by the adoption of one of the formulas set forth in RSA 195:7, I(a), (b), or (c). Such apportionment may be reviewed in the same manner at any time in order to permit the enlargement of the territory of a school district or an increase in the number of grades for which the district shall be responsible.
59:2 Cooperative School Districts; Procedure for Formation; Process for Reconsideration Amended. Amend RSA 195:18, III(i) to read as follows:
(i) The method by which the articles of agreement may be amended with the approval of the board; except that no amendment may permit secession of territory [and]. The provisions adopted under either subparagraph (e) or (g) above may [not be amended prior to the expiration of 5 years from the date of the first annual meeting of the cooperative school district, or thereafter, within 5 years following the adoption of any amendment to such provisions respectively; but] be subject to review pursuant to an article for that purpose duly inserted in the warrant for a district meeting which may be held at any time after the expiration of the 5-year period measured from the date of the first annual meeting. If the apportionment formula for a cooperative school district has been duly changed, the basis for the apportionment of all such costs may be subject to review pursuant to an article for that purpose duly inserted in the warrant for a district meeting which may be held at any time after the expiration of the 5-year period measured from the date of the meeting at which the last change was made to the cost apportionment. However, such provisions may be amended at any time in order to permit the enlargement of a cooperative school district or an increase in the number of grades for which the cooperative school district shall be responsible.
59:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: April 17, 2000)
(Effective Date: June 16, 2000)