HB 909 – AS INTRODUCED
2007 SESSION
05/03
HOUSE BILL 909
AN ACT relative to oaths required of public officers.
SPONSORS: Rep. Itse, Rock 9; Rep. L. Christiansen, Hills 27
This bill provides that either the governor and council or the legislature may dismiss a public officer who violates his or her oath of office.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
07-0188
05/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT relative to oaths required of public officers.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Tenure and Oath of Office in Certain Cases; Oath Required. Amend RSA 92:2 to read as follows:
92:2 Oath Required. No person chosen or appointed to any public office or to any position where an oath is required, under any law, shall exercise such office or position or perform any act therein until he or she shall make and subscribe the oath or declaration as prescribed by part 2, article 84 of the constitution of New Hampshire, and any such [person] officer or magistrate of the state and its political subdivisions, who violates said oath after taking the same, shall be forthwith dismissed from the office or position involved by the governor and council or by order of the general court.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.