SB 357 – AS INTRODUCED
2008 SESSION
10/09
SENATE BILL 357
AN ACT relative to the examination of acts and resolves before printing.
SPONSORS: Sen. Clegg, Dist 14; Sen. Gatsas, Dist 16; Sen. Barnes, Dist 17; Sen. Kenney, Dist 3; Sen. Gallus, Dist 1; Rep. Marshall Quandt, Rock 13; Rep. Carson, Rock 3; Rep. Renzullo, Hills 27
COMMITTEE: Rules and Enrolled Bills
This bill allows the director of legislative services to examine acts and resolves during the enrollment of bills prior to enactment for technical and clerical errors.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
08-2040
10/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight
AN ACT relative to the examination of acts and resolves before printing.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Bills and Resolutions; Examination Before Printing. Amend RSA 20:2-a to read as follows:
20:2-a Examination Before Printing. [After any bill or joint resolution has been enacted by the general court, but ] Prior to the printing of the acts and resolves of any session, the director of legislative services shall reexamine the same pursuant to the authority for enrollment of laws in RSA 14:8. If such reexamination shows any error or omission in the references to statutes, or other technical or clerical errors, the director is authorized to make the necessary corrections and the bill as thus corrected shall be [printed] prepared for final approval and submission to the governor. No change to an act or resolution may be made after signing by the governor.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.