New Hampshire Revised Statutes 38-B:2 – Establishment of District
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I. Before the establishment of a regional transit district is put to the local legislative body, the regional planning commission or metropolitan planning organization having jurisdiction shall make a recommendation on forming a district. Following the recommendation, the selectmen or mayor of each municipality intending to join shall present to the next annual or special town meeting, city council meeting, or board of aldermen meeting the following question: “Shall the city/town of __________ accept the provisions of N.H. Rev. Stat. Chapter 38-B providing for the establishment of a regional transit district, together with the towns/cities of __________ , and the operation of a regional public transit system by the district?” If a majority of the local legislative body voting on the question shall vote in the affirmative, the municipality shall join the proposed regional transit district.
II. If some but not all of the towns and cities voting on the question in paragraph I vote in the affirmative, the district may be established representing those municipal jurisdictions voting in the affirmative.
II. If some but not all of the towns and cities voting on the question in paragraph I vote in the affirmative, the district may be established representing those municipal jurisdictions voting in the affirmative.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 38-B:2
- 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
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- 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