HB 84 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
9Feb2005… 0032h
2005 SESSION
10/09
HOUSE BILL 84
AN ACT relative to compensation of county convention members for county business.
SPONSORS: Rep. Welch, Rock. 8; Rep. G. Katsakiores, Rock 5; Rep. S. Francoeur, Rock 15; Rep. Griffin, Rock 4; Rep. O’Neil, Rock 15
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
This bill allows county convention members to receive compensation for attending to, discharging, or participating in county business, as approved by the county chair and authorized by the county convention.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
9Feb2005… 0032h
05-0184
10/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five
AN ACT relative to compensation of county convention members for county business.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 County Conventions; Compensation For County Business. RSA 24:9-e is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
24:9-e Compensation for County Conventions. Members of each county convention may receive from the county treasury a sum not to exceed $25 per day for actual attendance at meetings of their respective conventions and an allowance for travel expenses to and from the place of meeting at a rate per mile not in excess of the rate allowed by the United States Internal Revenue Service to be set by a vote of the respective county convention. In addition, the county convention chair may approve compensation for members attending to, discharging, or participating in other official county business, as provided in RSA 24:9-f. The members are not entitled to receive any compensation or mileage for attending such meetings when county meetings are held at the state house in Concord on a legislative day.
2 Meetings; Official Business. Amend RSA 24:9-f to read as follows:
24:9-f Meetings of Committees; Official Business. Either the chairperson of the convention or the chairperson of the executive committee may call meetings of the executive committee to be held at any time either at the state house in Concord or at any place within the respective county. The members of the executive committee shall be entitled to the same compensation and travel expenses for actual attendance at such meetings as is provided for attendance at meetings of the convention of said county[; members of subcommittees, study committees and committees of investigation]. In addition, any member of the convention may receive such compensation as determined by [their] his or her respective county [conventions] convention and appointed by the county convention chairperson for the discharge of [their] official business plus an allowance for travel expenses at the rate set for attendance at meetings of the convention of said county for travel to and from the place of meetings or official business; said sums to be paid from the county treasury, provided that no such compensation and expenses shall be allowed when such meeting or business is held at the state house in Concord.
3 Repeal. RSA 24:9-ee, relative to compensation for county conventions, is repealed.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.