relative to the authority of police commissions.

HB 1085 limits the duties of New Hampshire police commissions to four specific areas: appointing police personnel and setting pay scales, establishing operational rules for the police force, removing officers (with due process for most, but allowing special officers to be removed without cause), and managing police department budgets. The bill prohibits salary increases beyond those based on years of service and position rank, requires funds for vacant positions to be held until filled, and mandates that unused budget funds lapse to the general fund at year-end. These changes directly affect police commissions and their management of local police departments. The bill takes effect 60 days after passage.