HB 1224 — relative to the default budget for official ballot town meetings.

HB 1224 - AS INTRODUCEDAMENDED SESSIONBY 26-2719THE 09/08 HOUSE BILL12Mar2026... 1224 AN ACT relative to the default budget for official ballot town meetings.

0301h SESSION 26-2719 09/08 HOUSE BILL 1224 AN ACT relative to the default budget for official ballot town meetings.

HB 1224 - AS INTRODUCEDAMENDED 26-2719BY 09/08THE STATEHOUSE OF12Mar2026... NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six AN ACT relative to the default budget for official ballot town meetings.

0301h 26-2719 09/08 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six AN ACT relative to the default budget for official ballot town meetings.

(b) "Default budget" as used in this subdivision means the amount of the same appropriations as contained in the operating budget authorized for the previous year, reduced and increased as the case may be, by debt service, contracts, and other obligations previously incurred by law or mandated by law, and reduced by one-time expenditures contained in the operating budget, reduced by salaries and benefits of positions that have been eliminated in the proposed budget, reduced by salaries and benefits of positions that were vacant before the previous year's budget was approved and have remained vacant, and reflecting the actual salary and benefits of filled positions as of the public hearing for the proposed budget excluding any increases subsequent to the authorization of the previous year's operating budget.

For the purposes of this paragraph, one-time expenditures shall be appropriations not likely to recur in the succeeding budget, and eliminated positions shall not include vacant positions under recruitment unlessif vacantvacancy beforeoccurred after the previous year's approved budget was approved, as determined by the governing body of the local political subdivision, unless the provisions of RSA 40:14-b are adopted.

Such line items shall only be expended for the designated public safety positions, including expenditures for overtime and contracted services consistent with the purpose of the positions, and any unexpended funds in such line items shall not be transferred to any other line item in the budget and shall be used to reduce local taxes for the current fiscal year.

HB 1224 - AS INTRODUCEDAMENDED BY THE HOUSE - Page 2 - 3 Use of an Official Ballot;

Amend RSA 40:13, XI(a)(3)XI(a)(3)-(4) to read as follows:

and 4(4) EffectiveReductions Date.for eliminated positions, vacant positions, and benefit expenditures as defined under subparagraph IX(b), subject to the exceptions in subparagraph IX(d).

4 Effective Date.