{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-40-14-b","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 40:14-b","heading":"Default Budget Determined by Budget Committee.","body":"I. A local political subdivision which has adopted the official ballot referenda form of meeting pursuant to RSA 40:14 and has also adopted a municipal budget committee pursuant to RSA 32:14 may delegate the determination of the default budget to the budget committee instead of the governing body.\nII. A vote under this section may be taken simultaneously with the adoption of RSA 40:13 or any time after the adoption of RSA 40:13.\n(a) If the vote is taken simultaneously with the adoption of RSA 40:13, a separate question shall be placed on the warrant for the annual meeting following the procedures in RSA 40:14.\n(b) If the vote is taken after the adoption of RSA 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 RSA 39:3 or RSA 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 RSA 40:14, IV. A vote to adopt the question shall conform with RSA 40:14, VI.\n(c) The wording of the question shall be: \"Shall we adopt the provisions of RSA 40:14-b to delegate the determination of the default budget to the municipal budget committee which has been adopted under RSA 32:14?\"\nIII. The provisions of this section may be rescinded following the procedures set out in RSA 40:14, VII, except that the wording of the question, which shall not be amended, shall be: \"Shall we rescind the provisions of RSA 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?\"","path":["Title III: TOWNS, CITIES, VILLAGE DISTRICTS, AND UNINCORPORATED PLACES","Chapter 40: GOVERNMENT OF TOWN MEETING","Optional Form of Meeting-Official Ballot Referenda"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/III/40/40-14-b.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T12:32:24Z","sha256":"6ea95d75fdb7aa4bc6edccd5d76376d7c1ed5f87a974c3b4c48b1d44569a030c","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-40-14-a","next":"us-nh/rsa-40-15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}