SB 446 – AS INTRODUCED
2010 SESSION
04/03
SENATE BILL 446
AN ACT relative to the governance of the Concord school district.
SPONSORS: Sen. Larsen, Dist 15; Rep. Shurtleff, Merr 10; Rep. Osborne, Merr 12
COMMITTEE: Public and Municipal Affairs
This bill requires the establishment of a charter commission to recommend amendments to 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.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
10-2898
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:
1 Concord School District Charter; 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 RSA 49-B and shall comply with the provisions of RSA 49-B, except as otherwise indicated in this section.
2 Repeal. 1961, 355, as amended by 1983, 123:1, is repealed.
3 Contingency. Section 2 of this act shall only take effect upon the approval by the Concord school district voters at the November 2011 regular election of a ballot question to adopt a charter which includes a procedure allowing the Concord school district to amend the charter without the approval of the legislature.
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.