HB1497 (2010) Detail

(New Title) relative to the governance of the Concord school district.


CHAPTER 213

HB 1497 – FINAL VERSION

17Feb2010… 0412h

05/12/10 1868s

2010 SESSION

10-2532

04/03

HOUSE BILL 1497

AN ACT relative to the governance of the Concord school district.

SPONSORS: Rep. Osborne, Merr 12; Rep. Shurtleff, Merr 10; Rep. Watrous, Merr 12; Rep. Gile, Merr 10

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill requires the establishment of a charter commission to recommend a procedure to revise, amend, or replace the Concord school district charter without legislative approval.

This bill is a request of the commission to study the Concord Union school district charter established in 2009, 233.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

17Feb2010… 0412h

05/12/10 1868s

10-2532

04/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten

AN ACT relative to the governance of the Concord school district.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

213:1 New Subdivision; Concord School District Charter; Charter Commission Established. Amend RSA 49-B by inserting after section 13 the following new subdivision:

Concord School District Charter Commission

49-B:14 Concord School District; Charter Commission Established.

I. A charter commission shall be established to develop a local procedure, which does not require the approval of the legislature, to revise, amend, or replace the Concord school district charter, established in chapter 355 of the 1961 Laws of New Hampshire, as amended by chapter 123:1 of the 1983 Laws of New Hampshire. The charter commission shall submit its recommendations for a procedure to revise, amend, or replace the Concord school district charter in the form of a ballot question to the Concord school district voters for a vote at the November 2011 regular election. If the ballot question is approved, then the Concord school district charter shall be revised, amended, or replaced in accordance with the local procedure approved by the school district voters and, effective on the date the ballot question is approved, the Concord school district shall be solely responsible for revising, amending, or replacing the charter.

II.(a) The charter commission shall consist of 9 members who shall be registered voters of the Concord school district, and who shall run without party designation, as follows:

(1) Two members who shall be from wards 1, 2, 3, and 4.

(2) Two members who shall be from wards 5, 6, and 7.

(3) Two members who shall be from wards 8, 9, and 10.

(4) Three members who shall run at-large.

(b) The election of charter commission members shall be held in conjunction with the regular November elections in 2010 in accordance with RSA 49-B:4.

III. The charter commission shall have all the powers and duties of a charter commission established pursuant to this chapter and shall comply with the provisions of this chapter, except as otherwise indicated in this section.

213:2 Repeal. The following are repealed:

I. 1961, 355, as amended by 1983, 123:1.

II. RSA 49-B:14, relative to the Concord school district charter commission.

213:3 Contingency. If Concord school district voters approve a ballot question at the November 2011 regular election to adopt a school district charter which includes a procedure to allow the Concord school district to amend the charter without the approval of the legislature and to repeal the existing Concord school district charter established in 1961, 355, as amended by 1983, 123:1, then section 2 of this act shall take effect on the date such ballot question is approved. If the ballot question is not approved, section 2 of this act shall not take effect.

213:4 Effective Date.

I. Section 2 of this act shall take effect as provided in section 3 of this act.

II. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: June 28, 2010

Effective Date: I. Section 2 shall take effect as provided in section 3.

II. Remainder shall take effect June 28, 2010.