HB 1181 - AS INTRODUCED
2024 SESSION
24-2140
12/08
HOUSE BILL 1181
AN ACT relative to solid waste districts.
SPONSORS: Rep. Veilleux, Hills. 34; Rep. Lewicke, Hills. 36; Rep. Pauer, Hills. 36; Rep. Ammon, Hills. 42; Rep. G. Griffin, Hills. 42; Rep. Post, Hills. 42; Rep. LeClerc, Hills. 34; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Chandley, Dist 11
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
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ANALYSIS
This bill defines the scope of a solid waste district's ability to contract with public entities, and expands the facilities flexibility to deal with financial uncertainties.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2140
12/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to solid waste districts.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Solid Waste Management Districts; Services for Public Entities. Amend RSA 53-B:7, XIX to read as follows:
XIX. To accept at a district facility solid waste generated inside and outside the boundaries of the district[.], services may be contracted through third parties for public entities and political subdivisions including school districts that are located within the district. Reimbursement fees for services provided, directly or indirectly, and any reasonable administrative fees shall be made by mutual agreement with the district.
2 Solid Waste District Committee; Authority to Pay Debt. Amend RSA 53-B:8, II to read as follows:
II. The committee shall choose a chairman by ballot from its membership. It shall appoint a secretary and a treasurer, who may be the same person, but who need not be members of the committee, and such other officers as may be provided for in the district agreement. The treasurer shall receive and take charge of all money belonging to the district and shall pay any debt of the district which has been approved by the committee[.], or by a non contemporaneously signed manifest signed by 2 or more members of the district committee empowered by the district committee as a whole to authorize payments. The treasurer may, by vote of the committee, be compensated for his services. Proceedings of the committee shall be held in accordance with RSA 91-A.
3 Solid Waste Management District; Expenditures. New Section; Expenditures. Amend RSA 53 by inserting after section 9 the following new section:
53:9-a Emergency Expenditures and Overexpenditures. When an unusual circumstance arises during the year which makes it necessary to expend money in excess of amount budgeted pursuant to this chapter which may result in an overexpenditure of the total amount budgeted for all purposes, the district committee, upon application to the commissioner of revenue administration, may be given authority to make such expenditure, provided that:
I. The district committee has appealed to the board of selectmen of the member communities for a commensurate adjustment to the apportionment established by the district budget and one or more boards have denied the request.
II. The commissioner of revenue administration may accept and approve an application after an expenditure if caused by a sudden or unexpected emergency, in which case paragraph I shall not apply.
III. The commissioner of revenue administration shall not approve such an expenditure unless the governing body designates the source of revenue to be used. The commissioner shall not have the authority to compel the member communities to increase the apportionment rate in order to fund such an expenditure.
IV. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, if the district committee has by warrant article established a contingency fund in the annual budget for the purpose of unanticipated expenses, the district committee may expend funds from such account to meet the costs of such expenses.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.