After we published last Friday’s Legislative Bulletin, three Senate calendars were released announcing remote committee hearings this week on several bills of municipal interest. 42. Many of the towns that postponed their meetings have found ways to hold them since the prohibition on large gatherings was rescinded; and those that haven’t done so will probably not want to wait to see whether the governor signs The bill passed the Senate 23-1 and passed the House 248-64.The Senate divided the bill before passing it.
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2017-18, No. This goal has, in effect, already been accomplished, because the attorney general and the secretary of state have issued an interpretation stating that any voter may vote by absentee ballot in the fall “based on concerns regarding COVID-19.” Early processing of absentee ballots, however, is not authorized—that will require either legislation or an emergency order from the governor. She served as town clerk and tax collector for the town of Newmarket from 2004 to 2013, and as revenue administrator and tax collector for the city of Portsmouth from 2013 until earlier this year. If advice concerning specific circumstances is required, we would be pleased to be of assistance.© 2013 Loopstra Nixon LLP. The legislative session’s unusual denouement will make it a bit complicated for outsiders to find out what happened to bills they were following. 1 July 3, 2018 Residential Rental Tenure Zoning – Bulletin The Local Government Statutes (Residential Rental Tenure Zoning), Amendment Act, 2018, S.B.C. This bulletin outlines the expanded definition of "municipality" for purposes of the Goods and Services Tax and the application of the GST to intra-municipal transfers. We encourage every municipal governing body to review the policy recommendations in preparation for the legislative policy conference in the fall. Under that statute, a town or district may make expenditures between January 1 and the date of its meeting that are reasonable in light of prior years’ appropriations and expenditures for the same time period. While we are Becky has had a long career in municipal government and finance. The parts of the bill The unified Republican opposition to parts of the bill suggests that a veto is possible. In a year when five or six times as many absentee ballots may be received, it will simply be impossible for some towns to complete the process on election day or even the next morning. Assuming the House concurs, the bill then needs to be enrolled, be signed off on by the House Speaker and the Senate President, and be signed by the governor before it can take effect. Mayors, governing body members, and municipal managers and administrators should check their e-mail on July 8 or 9 for the legislative policy recommendations and related information. Also announced was a Senate session scheduled for Tuesday, June 16 in Representatives’ Hall at the State House. As discussed in last week's Bulletin, the Select Committee on 2020 Emergency Election Support, which is charged with advising the state on the use of $3.2 million in CARES Act money for election support, is meeting every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday in May.State officials have indicated that they expect most of that money to go to municipalities for their COVID-19-related election needs. Senate Sends Big Package to House. Although Becky is coming in just as the legislative session ends, we know she will be raring to go when the 2021 session begins. We decided this new platform will allow us to target content to specific segments of our membership.
Hundreds of House and Senate bills were left to die on the table. However, this comprehensive bill authorizes the state treasurer to issue up to $50 million in bonds against the credit of the state for the sole purpose of providing low-interest loans to water and wastewater systems for PFAS remediation projects, and it extends existing municipal immunity for damage claims based on per and polyfluorchemical contamination.No-excuse absentee voting is going to be important to minimize crowding at the September state primary and the November general election. However, the ghosts of many of those bills found their way into amendments to bills that ultimately Because the bills passed this week contained so many amendments that bore little or no relationship to the original bills, it is a challenge to explain them all. For example, if you check the docket of Apart from the descriptions here, the only way to learn about what happened to any given bill is to read All of the articles below are about bills the Senate passed on Tuesday; and again, all of these bills will go to the House on June 30. As always, our Final Legislative Bulletin, to be published in August, will summarize all the new laws enacted this year that affect municipal government. Potential Amendments to Three Key Pieces of Municipal Legislation.