HB 527 - AS INTRODUCED
2003 SESSION
08/01
HOUSE BILL 527
AN ACT relative to the transfer of appropriations for certain expenditures under the municipal budget law.
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
This bill changes the definition of "purpose" to limit the transfer of appropriations in municipal budgets.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03-0813
08/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three
AN ACT relative to the transfer of appropriations for certain expenditures under the municipal budget law.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Municipal Budget Law; Definitions. Amend RSA 32:3, V to read as follows:
V. "Purpose" means a goal or aim to be accomplished through the expenditure of public funds. In addition, as used in RSA 32:8 and RSA 32:10, I(e), concerning the limitation on expenditures, a line on the budget form posted with the warrant, or form submitted to the department of revenue administration, or an appropriation contained in a special warrant article, or any issue placed as a separate article on a warrant, shall be considered a single "purpose."
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.