Bill Text - HB1125 (2006)

Relative to the filing period for candidates in the presidential primary.


Revision: Jan. 21, 2010, midnight

CHAPTER 72

HB 1125 – FINAL VERSION

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2006 SESSION

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03/10

HOUSE BILL 1125

AN ACT relative to the filing period for candidates at the presidential primary.

SPONSORS: Rep. Splaine, Rock 16

COMMITTEE: Election Law

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill permits the secretary of state to change the filing period for candidates at the presidential primary.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

15Feb2006… 0445h

06-2942

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six

AN ACT relative to the filing period for candidates at the presidential primary.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

72:1 Presidential Nominations; Declaration of Candidacy; Filing Period. Amend RSA 655:47, II to read as follows:

II. Declarations of candidacy shall be filed between the first Monday in November and the third Friday in November, or during such other time period as the secretary of state shall announce.

72:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: April 27, 2006

Effective: June 26, 2006