106 STAT. 3160 PUBLIC LAW 102-494—OCT. 24, 1992 ning board and the members-elect, if any, of the interstate school board of directors. Such meeting shall be held within 60 days after the date of issuance of the certificate of formation, unless the time is further extended by the joint action of the state boards. At the organization meeting the commissioner of education of the state where the meeting is held, or his designate, shall preside in the first instance, and the following business shall be transacted: "a. A temporary moderator and a temporary clerk shall be elected from among the qualified voters who shall serve until a moderator and clerk respectively have been elected and qualified. "b. A moderator, clerk, a treasurer and 3 auditors shall be elected to serve until the next annual meeting and thereafter until their successors are elected and qualified. Unless previously elected, a board of school directors shall be elected to serve until their successors are elected and qualified. "c. The date for the annual meeting shall be established, "d. Provision shall be made for the payment of any organizational or other expense incurred on behalf of the district before the organization meeting, including the cost of architects, surveyors, contractors, attorneys, and educational or other consultants or experts. "e. Any other business, the subject matter of which has been included in the warrant, and which the voters would have had powers to transact at any annual meeting. "G. ANNUAL MEETINGS.— An annual meeting of the district shall be held between January 15th and June 1st of each year at such time as the interstate district may by vote determine. Once determined, the date of the annual meeting shall remain fixed until changed by vote of the interstate district as a subsequent annual or special meeting. At each annual meeting the following business shall be transacted: "a. Necessary officers shall be elected. "b. Money shall be appropriated for the support of the interstate district schools for the fiscal year beginning the following July 1st. "c. Such other business as may properly come before the meeting. "H. SPECIAL MEETINGS. — ^A special meeting of the district shall be held whenever, in the opinion of the directors, there is occasion therefor, or whenever written application shall have been made by 5 percent or more of the voters based on the checklists as prepared for the last preceding meeting, setting forth the subject matter upon which such action is desired. A special meeting may appropriate money without compliance with RSA 33:8 or RSA 197:3 which would otherwise require the approval of the New Hampshire superior court. "L CERTIFICATION OF RECORDS.— The clerk of an interstate school district shall have the power to certify the record of the votes adopted at an interstate school district meeting to the respective commissioners and state boards and, where required, for filing with a secretary of state. " J. METHOD OF VOTING AT SCHOOL DISTRICT MEETINGS.—Voting at meetings of interstate school districts shall take place as follows: "a. SCHOOL DIRECTORS.—^A separate ballot shall be prepared for each member district, listing the candidates for interstate school director to represent such member district; and
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