HB 476 – AS INTRODUCED
2007 SESSION
06/03
HOUSE BILL 476
AN ACT relative to membership on the public utilities commission.
SPONSORS: Rep. Weyler, Rock 8; Rep. Marshall Quandt, Rock 13; Rep. Matthew Quandt, Rock 13; Rep. Bettencourt, Rock 4
COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy
This bill clarifies requirements for membership on the public utilities commission.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
07-0931
06/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT relative to membership on the public utilities commission.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Commission; Term. Amend RSA 363:1 to read as follows:
363:1 Commission; Term. There shall be a public utilities commission, composed of 3 commissioners who shall be full-time employees and who shall engage in no other gainful employment during their terms as members. Their term of office shall be for 6 years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Of the 3 commissioners, one shall be an attorney and a member of the New Hampshire Bar [and], one shall [have either background or experience or both in one or more of the following: engineering, economics, accounting or finance] be an engineer with experience with a public utility, and one shall be an accountant.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.