New Hampshire Revised Statutes 40:14-b – Default Budget Determined by Budget Committee
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I. A local political subdivision which has adopted the official ballot referenda form of meeting pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 40:14 and has also adopted a municipal budget committee pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 32:14 may delegate the determination of the default budget to the budget committee instead of the governing body.
II. A vote under this section may be taken simultaneously with the adoption of N.H. Rev. Stat. § 40:13 or any time after the adoption of N.H. Rev. Stat. § 40:13.
(a) If the vote is taken simultaneously with the adoption of N.H. Rev. Stat. § 40:13, a separate question shall be placed on the warrant for the annual meeting following the procedures in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 40:14.
(b) If the vote is taken after the adoption of N.H. Rev. Stat. § 40:13, the question shall be placed on the warrant of the annual meeting by the governing body or by petition under the procedures set out in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 39:3 or N.H. Rev. Stat. § 197:6 and shall not be amended. A public hearing on the question shall be held by the local governing body following the procedures in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 40:14, IV. A vote to adopt the question shall conform with N.H. Rev. Stat. § 40:14, VI.
(c) The wording of the question shall be: “Shall we adopt the provisions of N.H. Rev. Stat. § 40:14-b to delegate the determination of the default budget to the municipal budget committee which has been adopted under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 32:14?”
III. The provisions of this section may be rescinded following the procedures set out in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 40:14, VII, except that the wording of the question, which shall not be amended, shall be: “Shall we rescind the provisions of N.H. Rev. Stat. § 40:14-b, as adopted by the (local political subdivision) on (date of adoption), so that the default budget will be determined by the governing body instead of the budget committee?”
II. A vote under this section may be taken simultaneously with the adoption of N.H. Rev. Stat. § 40:13 or any time after the adoption of N.H. Rev. Stat. § 40:13.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 40:14-b
- 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
(a) If the vote is taken simultaneously with the adoption of N.H. Rev. Stat. § 40:13, a separate question shall be placed on the warrant for the annual meeting following the procedures in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 40:14.
(b) If the vote is taken after the adoption of N.H. Rev. Stat. § 40:13, the question shall be placed on the warrant of the annual meeting by the governing body or by petition under the procedures set out in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 39:3 or N.H. Rev. Stat. § 197:6 and shall not be amended. A public hearing on the question shall be held by the local governing body following the procedures in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 40:14, IV. A vote to adopt the question shall conform with N.H. Rev. Stat. § 40:14, VI.
(c) The wording of the question shall be: “Shall we adopt the provisions of N.H. Rev. Stat. § 40:14-b to delegate the determination of the default budget to the municipal budget committee which has been adopted under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 32:14?”
III. The provisions of this section may be rescinded following the procedures set out in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 40:14, VII, except that the wording of the question, which shall not be amended, shall be: “Shall we rescind the provisions of N.H. Rev. Stat. § 40:14-b, as adopted by the (local political subdivision) on (date of adoption), so that the default budget will be determined by the governing body instead of the budget committee?”