HB 1181 - AS INTRODUCED

2003 SESSION

03-2147

08/10

HOUSE BILL 1181

AN ACT relative to certain deliberative session amendment procedures in official ballot voting.

SPONSORS: Rep. Scanlon, Hills 57

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

ANALYSIS

This bill limits amendment of proposed budgets or proposed bonds to no more than 10 percent from the proposed amount.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03-2147

08/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three

AN ACT relative to certain deliberative session amendment procedures in official ballot voting.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Subparagraph; Official Ballot; Amending Budget Articles. Amend RSA 40:13, IV by inserting after subparagraph (b) the following new subparagraph:

(c) A budget article or a bond article proposed by the governing body, or the budget committee if there is one, shall not be amended by more than 10 percent from the proposed amount.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.