Ballots and absentee voting materials for election of town officers at town meeting may be destroyed by the town clerk. [657:16; 657:22; 659:100–:101; 669:25; 33-A:3-a, XXXVII—clerk shall retain until the contest is settled and all appeals have expired or at least 60 days after the election, whichever is longer].
Appointed municipal budget committee members must be named within 30 days of town meeting. [RSA 32:15, II]
Within 30 days after town meeting, town clerk to report on town library to assistant state librarian. [RSA 41:20]
Town clerk to send 2 copies of town report to State Library and 1 copy of town report to UNH Library. [RSA 41:22; RSA 201-A:18 – within 30 days of May 6, the date by which the town report must be made available to the voters]
Minutes of town meeting and various reports must be filed with the Department of Revenue Administration within 20 days after the close of town meeting. [RSA 21-J:34]
Town clerk must report names and addresses of all town officers to commissioner of revenue administration after annual election. There is an ongoing duty to report changes as they occur. [RSA 41:19; NH Admin Code Rev 1707.13 – report to be made within 20 days of the town meeting]
Town clerk to forward to select board and treasurer certified copy of any vote to transfer surplus to capital reserve funds within 10 days of such vote. Surplus must be transferred by treasurer to trustees of trust funds immediately after receipt of order of select board. [RSA 35:11]
Earliest day on which reconsideration of a ballot vote on a bond or note issue over $100,000 may take place (statute requires reconsideration at least 7 days after vote to reconsider). [RSA 33:8-a, IV]
Last day for 10 voters of a town to petition clerk to recount ballots on any question printed on official ballot. [RSA 40:4-c – last day to seek recount is 7 days from date of town meeting]
Select board must appoint town treasurer by today if annual meeting fails either to elect one or to vote to authorize the appointment rather than the election of the treasurer. [RSA 41:27; 41:26-e – appointment must be made within 6 days from town meeting]
