HB 1221 - AS INTRODUCED
2001 SESSION
08/09
HOUSE BILL 1221
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
This bill allows towns and school districts which have adopted the official ballot referendum form of meeting to hold jointly, and in a consolidated fashion, the first session of the respective annual meetings.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01-2288
08/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT relative to coordinating certain town and school district meetings.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Official Ballot Referendum Form of Meeting; Coordinating Certain Town and School District Meetings. Amend RSA 40 by inserting after section 14-a the following new section:
40:14-b Coordinating Certain Town and School District Meetings. In towns where both bodies have adopted the official ballot referendum form of meeting, the board of selectmen and the school board may determine that to facilitate voter understanding at the second session, to reduce cost, and to best accommodate the voters of the town, the first session of the annual town meeting and annual school district meeting may be held jointly and presented in a consolidated fashion designed by the board of selectmen and the school board. The joint meeting of the first session shall be held at a time and place determined by, and shall be supervised by, the presiding officials of the town. The town and the school board shall allocate the costs of the joint meeting as mutually agreed upon by the governing body of the town and the school board.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.