New Hampshire Revised Statutes 32:14 – Adoption
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I. This subdivision may be adopted:
(a) By any town with a town meeting form of government, including those with a budgetary town meeting, official ballot town meeting, or representative town meeting pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 49-D:3, II, II-a, and III, or by a town with an official ballot town council form of government under which part or all of the annual town operating budget is voted upon by official ballot;
(b) By a cooperative school district, in accordance with N.H. Rev. Stat. § 195:12-a;
(c) By any village district, or district created under N.H. Rev. Stat. Chapter 53-A or 53-B, which adopts its budget at an annual meeting of its voters, and which is located in more than one municipality; or
(d) By any school district or village district which adopts its budget at an annual meeting of its voters, but which lies wholly within a municipality that lacks authority to adopt this subdivision.
II. This subdivision may be adopted by a majority vote of those present and voting, under an article in the warrant for the annual meeting, inserted by the governing body or by petition.
III. Voting shall be by ballot, but the question shall not be placed on the official ballot used to elect officers. Polls shall remain open and ballots shall be accepted by the moderator for a period of not less than one hour following the completion of discussion on the question.
IV. If the vote is favorable, the town or district shall at that same meeting vote, by ballot or other means, determine the number of members-at-large, as provided in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 32:15, I, and whether they shall be elected or appointed by the moderator.
V. A town or district which has adopted this subdivision may rescind its adoption in the manner described in paragraphs II and III.
(a) By any town with a town meeting form of government, including those with a budgetary town meeting, official ballot town meeting, or representative town meeting pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 49-D:3, II, II-a, and III, or by a town with an official ballot town council form of government under which part or all of the annual town operating budget is voted upon by official ballot;
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 32:14
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
- governing body: shall mean the board of selectmen in a town, the board of aldermen or council in a city or town with a town council, the school board in a school district or the village district commissioners in a village district, or when used to refer to unincorporated towns or unorganized places, or both, the county commissioners. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:48
- petition: when used in connection with the equity jurisdiction of the superior court, and referring to a document filed with the court, shall mean complaint, and "petitioner" shall mean plaintiff. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:51
(b) By a cooperative school district, in accordance with N.H. Rev. Stat. § 195:12-a;
(c) By any village district, or district created under N.H. Rev. Stat. Chapter 53-A or 53-B, which adopts its budget at an annual meeting of its voters, and which is located in more than one municipality; or
(d) By any school district or village district which adopts its budget at an annual meeting of its voters, but which lies wholly within a municipality that lacks authority to adopt this subdivision.
II. This subdivision may be adopted by a majority vote of those present and voting, under an article in the warrant for the annual meeting, inserted by the governing body or by petition.
III. Voting shall be by ballot, but the question shall not be placed on the official ballot used to elect officers. Polls shall remain open and ballots shall be accepted by the moderator for a period of not less than one hour following the completion of discussion on the question.
IV. If the vote is favorable, the town or district shall at that same meeting vote, by ballot or other means, determine the number of members-at-large, as provided in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 32:15, I, and whether they shall be elected or appointed by the moderator.
V. A town or district which has adopted this subdivision may rescind its adoption in the manner described in paragraphs II and III.