SB 48 – AS INTRODUCED
2007 SESSION
06/10
SENATE BILL 48
COMMITTEE: Public and Municipal Affairs
This bill limits the removal of highway agents for cause to those highway agents who have been appointed by a town.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
07-0516
06/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT relative to removal of appointed highway agents from office.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Removal of Appointed Highway Agents from Office. Amend RSA 231:65 to read as follows:
231:65 Oath; Bond; Supervision. Highway agents and expert highway agents shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of their duty, give bonds to the satisfaction of the selectmen for the faithful performance of the duties of the office, and be responsible to them for the expenditure of money and the discharge of their duties generally. The selectmen may supervise the methods and manner of performance of such agents. If any appointed highway agent shall intentionally or deliberately refuse or neglect to comply with lawful instructions of the selectmen, or shall intentionally or deliberately refuse or neglect to carry out the duties prescribed by law for highway agents after written request by the selectmen, the selectmen may remove such appointed agent from office. The selectmen shall file a copy of any such order of removal, under their hands, with the town clerk.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.