Revision: May 28, 2009, midnight
HB 513 – AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
05/27/09 1698s
2009 SESSION
03/09
HOUSE BILL 513
This bill establishes a citizen-funded election task force.
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05/27/09 1698s
09-0792
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT establishing a citizen-funded election task force.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Citizen-Funded Election Task Force.
I. There is established a citizen-funded election task force. The members of the task force shall be as follows:
(a) One member of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.
(b) Three members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
(c) Two members representing organizations supporting public financing of campaigns, appointed jointly by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives.
(d) One member who served on the commission to study the feasibility of public funding of state election campaigns established by 2008, 55, appointed jointly by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives.
II. Legislative members of the task force shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the task force.
III. The task force shall:
(a) Review the report of the commission to study the feasibility of public funding of state election campaigns established by 2008, 55, and develop a detailed plan, including proposals for specific legislation, to implement the recommendations of the report.
(b) Solicit input from senators, representatives, the governor, executive councilors, the attorney general, the secretary of state, and any other persons deemed appropriate by the task force.
(c) Hold public hearings at times and at locations around the state that are likely to elicit substantive input from the general public.
(d) Make the schedule and minutes of meetings of the task force, and all testimony and materials presented to the task force, available to the public on a website.
IV. The members of the task force shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the task force shall be called by the first-named senate member. The first meeting of the task force shall be held within 60 days of the effective date of this section. Four members of the task force shall constitute a quorum.
V. The task force shall submit an initial report on or before November 16, 2009 and a final report on or before November 15, 2010 of its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate clerk, the house clerk, the chairmen of the senate election law and veterans’ affairs committee, the chairmen of the house election law committee, the governor, and the state library.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.