Revision: Jan. 21, 2010, midnight
HB 402 – AS INTRODUCED
2005 SESSION
03/04
HOUSE BILL 402
AN ACT relative to filling certain vacancies in multi-member representative districts.
SPONSORS: Rep. Schmidt, Straf 4; Rep. Buhlman, Hills 27; Rep. Scanlon, Hills 18; Rep. Keans, Straf 1; Rep. Spang, Straf 7; Sen. Green, Dist 6; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 24
This bill requires that a vacancy occurring in a multi-member representative district occurring before the first meeting of the general court in January be filled by the candidate receiving the next highest vote total, if within 200 votes.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
05-0541
03/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five
AN ACT relative to filling certain vacancies in multi-member representative districts.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Vacancies Among State Representatives; Multi-Member Districts. Amend RSA 661:8 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:
VI. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs II and III, if a vacancy occurs in a multi-member representative district before the first meeting of the general court in the January following the biennial election, and the returns indicate that a candidate in the elective district for that office who was not declared a representative-elect received a vote total that is within 200 votes of the vote total of any of the candidates declared representative-elect in the elective district, the vacancy shall be filled by the candidate receiving the next highest vote total.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.