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Bill Text

HB 1526 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

12Mar2026... 0694h

2026 SESSION

 26-2679

 09/08

HOUSE BILL 1526

AN ACT relative to the adopting of a municipal budget committee and electing members thereof. 

SPONSORS: Rep. Wherry, Hills. 13; Rep. Pauer, Hills. 36; Rep. Burnham, Straf. 2; Rep. Wood, Merr. 13; Rep. Sellers, Graf. 10; Rep. Freeman, Belk. 8; Rep. Mary Murphy, Hills. 27; Rep. DeRoy, Straf. 3; Rep. Tom Mannion, Hills. 1

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

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ANALYSIS

This bill:

 I. Modifies the procedure for adopting, rescinding, and electing a municipal budget committee.

 II. Modifies the time frame for the appointment of initial members of a cooperative school district budget committee.

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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

12Mar2026... 0694h 26-2679

 09/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT relative to the adopting of a municipal budget committee and electing members thereof. 

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

 1 Municipal Budget Law; Budget Committee. RSA 32:14, III is repealed and reenacted to read as follows: 

 III. Voting shall be by official ballot unless the town has not adopted the official ballot, in which case the clerk shall cause the same question to be printed upon special ballots, which shall be used to determine the vote of the town at the annual meeting, 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. 

 (a) If budget committee members-at-large are to be appointed by the moderator pursuant to RSA 32:15, II, the wording of the question shall be: “To assist voters in the prudent appropriation of public funds, shall we adopt the provisions of RSA 32:14 to establish a budget committee consisting of (number) members-at-large who are appointed by the moderator?” 

 (b) If budget committee members-at-large are to be elected with initial members-at-large appointed to one year terms by the moderator pursuant to RSA 32:15, III, the wording of the question shall be: ?“To assist voters in the prudent appropriation of public funds, shall we adopt the provisions of RSA 32:14 to establish a budget committee consisting of (number) members-at-large who are elected, with the initial members appointed to one-year terms by the moderator?” 

 (c) Except for a town or district that uses an official ballot form of meeting under RSA 40:13 or under a charter adopted pursuant to RSA 49-D, if budget committee members-at-large are to be elected with initial members-at-large elected to one-year terms pursuant to RSA 32:15, III, the wording of the question shall be as follows: “To assist voters in the prudent appropriation of public funds, shall we adopt the provisions of RSA 32:14 to establish a budget committee consisting of (number) members-at-large who are elected, with the initial members elected to one-year terms by the meeting?” 

 (d) For a town or district that uses an official ballot form of meeting under RSA 40:13 or under a charter adopted pursuant to RSA 49-D, if budget committee members-at-large are to be elected with initial members-at-large elected to staggered terms at the next annual meeting pursuant to RSA 32:15, III, the wording of the question shall be as follows: “To assist voters in the prudent appropriation of public funds, shall we adopt the provisions of RSA 32:14 to establish a budget committee consisting of (number) members-at-large who are elected, with initial members elected at the next annual meeting?”

 2 Municipal Budget Law; Adoption. Amend RSA 32:14, V to read as follows: 

 V. A town or district which has adopted this subdivision may rescind its adoption in the manner described in paragraphs II and III, except that the wording of the question shall be: “Shall we rescind the provisions of RSA 32:14, eliminating the budget committee so that the governing body assumes all budgetary responsibilities for the prudent appropriation of public funds?”. 

 3 Municipal Budget Law; Budget Committee Membership. Amend RSA 32:15, III-IV to read as follows: 

 III. If a town or district uses an official ballot form of meeting under RSA 40:13 or under a charter adopted pursuant to RSA 49-D, and the meeting decides members-at-large are to be elected, the meeting shall either elect the initial members-at-large for staggered terms as described in paragraph II at the next annual meeting, or shall authorize the moderator to appoint mem