HB 84 - AS INTROUDCED
2003 SESSION
04/09
HOUSE BILL HB 84
AN ACT requiring school district budgets to disclose moneys paid for lobbying fees.
SPONSORS: Rep. Weyler, Rock 79; Rep. Alger, Graf 14; Rep. Giuda, Graf 13
This bill requires school districts to specifically disclose in the school district budget any amounts paid for lobbying services.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03-0215
04/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three
AN ACT requiring school district budgets to disclose moneys paid for lobbying fees.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 School Budget; Disclosure of Lobbying Fees. Amend RSA 197:5-a to read as follows:
197:5-a Budget. The school board, if the school district is not controlled by the municipal budget act, shall prepare a budget for the annual or any special meeting upon a form prescribed and provided by the commissioner of revenue administration and shall post the same with and at the same time as the warrant for the meeting is posted. Any moneys which are to be expended on lobbying efforts on behalf of the school board or school district shall be identified in the budget and in all copies of the budget distributed to the public. The budget, and all copies of the budget distributed to the public, shall list as separate line items the name of each lobbying organization receiving money and the amount to be expended on the lobbying services of such organization.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.