HB 280 – AS INTRODUCED
2007 SESSION
08/10
HOUSE BILL 280
AN ACT relative to the identification of persons and organizations petitioning for a citizen initiative or referendum.
SPONSORS: Rep. Parkhurst, Ches 4
This bill requires persons or organizations petitioning for a citizen initiative or referendum to identify themselves or their organization.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
07-0489
08/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT relative to the identification of persons and organizations petitioning for a citizen initiative or referendum.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; City Charters; Referendum and Initiatives. Amend RSA 49-C:33 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:
III. Any citizen petition for referendum or imitative under subparagraphs (a) or (b) shall identify the persons or organizations undertaking the referendum or initiative so that all potential signers may contact the person or organization.
2 New Section; Referendum and Initiatives. Amend RSA 31 by inserting after section 103 the following new section:
31:103-a Referendum and Initiatives; Identification Required. Any citizen petition for referendum or initiative allowed by a town shall identify the persons or organizations undertaking the referendum or initiative so that all potential signers may contact the person or organization.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.