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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 33:19

  • 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
  • legislative body: shall mean a town meeting, school district meeting, village district meeting, city or town council, mayor and council, mayor and board of aldermen, or, when used to refer to unincorporated towns or unorganized places, or both, the county convention. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:47
  • Municipality: or "municipal corporation" town, city, school district or village district. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 33:1
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
Any obligation and indebtedness incurred under this chapter prior to January 1, 1999 and any obligation and indebtedness incurred under this chapter on or after January 1, 1999 which mature on or before March 31, 2000 shall be a valid and enforceable obligation and debt of the municipality that approved such obligation and indebtedness in the manner required by this chapter, notwithstanding the fact that all or any portion of the tax revenues that the municipality expects to use to repay such indebtedness or obligation is, or can reasonably be expected, to be derived from tax revenues from levies for the school portion of the municipality’s tax rate. No member of any municipal legislative body or governing body, and no officer of any municipality, shall have any official or personal liability as a result of executing and delivering, on behalf of such municipality, any such obligation or debt authorized in said manner.