HB 1403 – AS INTRODUCED
2006 SESSION
03/09
HOUSE BILL 1403
AN ACT relative to explanations of proposed constitutional amendments appearing on the ballot.
SPONSORS: Rep. Itse, Rock 9; Rep. Rowe, Hills 6; Rep. Hopfgarten, Rock 5
This bill establishes a procedure for the general court to place explanations of proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
06-2641
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six
AN ACT relative to explanations of proposed constitutional amendments appearing on the ballot.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Questions to Voters; Constitutional Amendments; Form of Ballot. Amend RSA 663:3 to read as follows:
663:3 Form of Ballot. The following words shall be printed above the constitutional amendment questions on all ballots containing such questions: “Questions Relating to Constitutional Amendments Proposed by the Convention to Revise the Constitution”. A constitutional question shall include, in the text of the question, the text of the article of the constitution as it is proposed to be amended, and the results of the vote taken on ordering the proposed amendment to third reading in both the senate and the house of representatives or at the constitutional convention, whichever is appropriate. If the question is proposed by the general court, the general court may place an explanation of the amendment on the ballot by adopting a concurrent resolution, containing the wording of the explanation, drafted by the policy committee to which the proposed constitutional amendment was originally referred; the house and senate policy committees which considered the proposed constitutional amendment shall each hold a public hearing on the concurrent resolution prior to its referral to their respective bodies for adoption.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.