HB 365 – AS INTRODUCED
2005 SESSION
03/09
HOUSE BILL 365
AN ACT relative to recount fees.
SPONSORS: Rep. Dorsett, Graf 8; Rep. Drisko, Hills 5
This bill clarifies the fee requirements for state general election recounts.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
05-0765
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five
AN ACT relative to recount fees.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 State General Election Recounts; Application. Amend RSA 660:1 to read as follows:
660:1 Application. Any candidate for whom a vote was cast for any office at a state general election may apply for a recount. The application shall be made in writing to the secretary of state and shall be submitted with payment of the fee required by RSA 660:2 no later than the Friday following the election. [Each candidate requesting a recount shall pay the secretary of state fees as provided in RSA 660:2.]
2 State General Election Recounts; Fees; Additional Costs. Amend RSA 660:2, IV to read as follows:
IV. If the difference between the vote cast for the applying candidate and a candidate declared elected shall be greater than 3 percent of the total votes cast in the towns which comprise the office to be recounted, the candidate shall pay the fees as provided in RSA 660:2, III and shall agree in writing with the secretary of state to pay any additional costs of the recount. Upon receipt of the application and payment of the fee required by RSA 660:2, III, the secretary of state shall notify the candidate of the estimated cost of the recount. The candidate shall pay the secretary of state the entire estimated cost of the recount no later than 4:00 p.m. on the day 5 days before the scheduled start of the recount. The secretary of state shall bill the candidate for any actual costs that exceed the estimate or refund to the candidate any part of the estimated cost that was not required to compensate the state for the cost of the recount. If the candidate fails to pay the estimated cost amount by the deadline, the secretary of state shall not conduct the recount.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.