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Bill would let towns adopt optional reduced default budget in SB2 elections
Summary
House Bill 613 would let towns or school districts that use the official ballot (SB 2) form of meeting adopt an option allowing voters to choose a reduced default budget percentage if the proposed operating budget fails.
Representatives heard House Bill 613, introduced by Representative Juliet Hervey Bolia, which would allow political subdivisions that use the SB 2 (official ballot) form of meeting to adopt a local option enabling a reduced default budget if voters reject a proposed operating budget.
Under the bill, a municipality or school district could adopt, by three‑fifths vote, a mechanism that presents voters on the ballot with an annual choice: accept the default budget or accept a reduced default budget computed by applying a…
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