Revision: Jan. 1, 2008, midnight
CHAPTER 148
HB 1305-FN-LOCAL – FINAL VERSION
2008 SESSION
03/09
HOUSE BILL 1305-FN-LOCAL
AN ACT relative to filing for election to town offices.
SPONSORS: Rep. Manney, Hills 7
This bill eliminates the filing fee for candidates for town office in towns which have adopted the non-partisan ballot system. The bill also eliminates the nomination petitions which may be filed in lieu of paying the filing fee.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
08-2463
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight
AN ACT relative to filing for election to town offices.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
148:1 Reference Deleted. Amend RSA 669:17-a to read as follows:
669:17-a Filing Candidacy. No person shall file as a candidate for a town officer under the provisions of RSA 669:19[, 20, or 42] or RSA 669:42 for more than one seat on the same town or school district board, commission, committee, or council.
148:2 Filing Fee Deleted. Amend RSA 669:19 to read as follows:
669:19 Nominations; Non-Partisan Ballot System. In a town which has adopted the non-partisan ballot system as provided in RSA 669:13, all candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy with the town clerk during the filing period for town candidates. Such filing period shall begin on the seventh Wednesday and end on the Friday of the following week before the town election. Such declaration of candidacy shall be prepared by the town clerk in substantially the following form: I, ____________________, declare that I am domiciled in the town of _____________, and that I am a registered voter therein; that I am a candidate for the office of ____________ and hereby request that my name be printed on the official non-partisan ballot of the town of ____________. [At the time of said filing, each candidate shall pay to the town clerk a filing fee of $1 for the use of the town, provided that a candidate for a town office which carries no salary or other compensation shall be entitled to file his declaration without the payment of a filing fee.]
148:3 Reference Deleted. Amend RSA 669:22 to read as follows:
669:22 Withdrawal. Where a candidate had duly filed according to RSA 669:19 [or 669:20] for a non-partisan town election or where a party nominee has been certified to the clerk as provided in RSA 669:50 for a partisan town election, no withdrawal or declination of a candidate shall be accepted by the town clerk subsequent to the last dates for filing except if the candidate dies or shall make oath that he does not qualify for the public office for which he or she is filed because of age, domicile, or incapacitating physical disability acquired subsequent to his or her filing. If a candidate dies or withdraws [himself] as provided in this section, the town clerk shall not print the name of that candidate on the ballot. If the ballots have been printed, the clerk shall remove that name using pasters.
148:4 Repeal. The following are repealed:
I. RSA 669:20, relative to nomination petitions.
II. RSA 669:21, relative to number of petitions.
148:5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 6, 2008
Effective Date: August 5, 2008