Section 40:14 – Method of Adopting Official Ballot Referendum Form of Meeting.
40:14 Method of Adopting Official Ballot Referendum Form of Meeting. – I. This subdivision may be adopted by any local political subdivision as defined in RSA 40:12. A 3/5 majority of those voting on the question shall be required to adopt this subdivision. Only votes in the affirmative or negative shall be included in […]
Section 40:14-a – Coordinating Certain Town and School District Elections.
40:14-a Coordinating Certain Town and School District Elections. – To facilitate voting for future annual meetings, to reduce costs, and to best accommodate the voters of the town, the legislative body of a town, which has not adopted the official ballot referendum form of meeting, although the school district has adopted the official ballot […]
Section 40:14-b – Default Budget Determined by Budget Committee.
40:14-b Default Budget Determined by Budget Committee. – 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 […]
Section 40:15 – Additional Polling Place for Second Session Voting.
40:15 Additional Polling Place for Second Session Voting. – I. Any multi-town school district adopting the provisions of RSA 40:13 may vote to use additional polling places for the second session of the annual meeting. The additional polling places shall be the regular polling places for town or city elections in each member town […]
Section 40:16 – Legalization of Meetings.
40:16 Legalization of Meetings. – When irregularities or procedural defects in the actions of a local political subdivision are discovered in a local political subdivision using the official ballot, the local political subdivision may, on the authority of the governing body, call a special meeting for the exclusive purpose of curing such defect according […]
Section 40:6 – Penalty for Default of Presiding Officer.
40:6 Penalty for Default of Presiding Officer. – Any moderator or other officer presiding who shall wilfully neglect or refuse to follow the procedures for voting established in RSA 40 or who shall wilfully violate or neglect to enforce any rule of proceeding which shall have been established by vote of the town or […]
Section 40:7 – Debate.
40:7 Debate. – No person shall speak in any meeting without leave of the moderator, nor when any person speaking is in order; and all persons shall be silent at the desire of the moderator, on pain of forfeiting $1 for each offense, for the use of the town. Source. RS 33:5. CS 35:6. […]
Section 40:8 – Disorder.
40:8 Disorder. – If any person shall behave in a disorderly manner, and, after notice from the moderator, persist in such behavior, or shall in any way disturb the meeting, or willfully violate any rule of proceeding, the moderator may command any constable or police officer, or any legal voter of the town, to […]
Section 40:9 – Duty of Police.
40:9 Duty of Police. – Every constable or police officer shall obey the orders and commands of the moderator for the preservation of order, and may command such assistance as is necessary; and if any constable or police officer neglects to perform any of the duties imposed by this or RSA 39 such constable […]
Section 40:10 – Optional Restriction on Reconsideration.
40:10 Optional Restriction on Reconsideration. – I. A town may, at any time during a meeting, and without notice in the warrant, vote to restrict reconsideration of any one or more votes previously taken at that meeting, or warrant articles previously considered at that meeting. No vote or article which has been restricted under […]