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Statutes > New-hampshire > TITLEXV > CHAPTER199 > 199-3
I. No schoolhouse shall be erected, altered, remodeled or changed in any city school district unless the plans have been previously submitted to the school board of that district and received its approval.
II. (a) All construction relating to schoolhouses in any city school district shall be done under the direction of a joint building committee which shall be established and chosen in equal numbers by the city council and the school board.
(b) The chairperson of a joint building committee shall be chosen by a majority vote of the committee members.
(c) Any vacancy in the committee membership shall be filled by the respective appointing authority on or before the close of the next regularly scheduled meeting of the appointing authority following the creation of the vacancy.
(d) The joint building committee shall meet monthly and at other times as the chairman deems necessary.
III. The joint building committee shall have the following duties:
(a) Oversee and decide all matters relating to any construction on schoolhouse buildings.
(b) Prepare and submit monthly status reports relating to construction progress to the city council and the school board.
(c) Prepare and submit monthly financial reports relating to the total authorized construction budget and expenditures to date to both the city council and the school board.
IV. All funds appropriated by the city council for construction of a new schoolhouse shall be administered by the appropriate joint building committee, and those funds shall be disbursed upon authorization of the committee until final acceptance of the schoolhouse by the city council.
Source. 1897, 65:2. 1921, 85, VII:3. PL 122:3. RL 141:3. RSA 199:3. 1993, 185:1, eff. Aug. 8, 1993.
