Bill Text: NH SB88 | 2023 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relative to the annual dues paid by towns and cities to town officers' associations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-06-27 - Conference Committee Report; Not Signed Off; House Journal 16 [SB88 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2023-SB88-Amended.html
SB 88 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
8Jun2023... 1711h
2023 SESSION
23-1010
02/10
SENATE BILL 88
AN ACT relative to the annual dues paid by towns and cities to town officers' associations.
SPONSORS: Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19
COMMITTEE: Election Law and Municipal Affairs
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill raises the cap on maximum annual membership dues paid by municipalities to town officers' associations and prohibits such funds from being used to fund certain lobbying activities.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
8Jun2023... 1711h 23-1010
02/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to the annual dues paid by towns and cities to town officers' associations.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Powers; Town Officers' Associations. Amend RSA 31:8 to read as follows:
31:8 Town Officers' Associations. For the encouragement of equitable taxation and the education of public officials in tax problems and other matters pertaining to the proper and efficient discharge of the duties of their respective offices, each town and city shall pay annually to the New Hampshire Association of Assessing Officials, the New Hampshire City and Town Clerks' Association and the New Hampshire Tax Collectors' Association, such amounts as shall be due for annual membership for its officials therein, providing that it cannot be used to fund accounts subject to RSA 15:5, II and that the amount paid for any one annual membership hereunder shall not exceed [$20] $50. Members of these several organizations in addition to the annual membership fee, shall be entitled to receive their actual expenses incurred in attending the annual convention of their respective associations, the same to be audited by the selectmen of towns and the finance committee of cities and paid out of city and town funds.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
