Bill Text - SB447 (2010)

(New Title) relative to the residence requirement for assistant town moderators and assistant town clerks.


Revision: March 11, 2010, midnight

SB 447 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

03/10/10 0904s

2010 SESSION

10-2915

06/01

SENATE BILL 447

AN ACT relative to the residence requirement for assistant town moderators and assistant town clerks.

SPONSORS: Sen. Roberge, Dist 9; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Rep. Cooney, Graf 7; Rep. Theberge, Coos 4; Rep. L. Brown, Straf 3; Rep. Patten, Carr 4

COMMITTEE: Public and Municipal Affairs

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill changes the residence requirement for assistant town moderators and assistant town clerks.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/10/10 0904s

10-2915

06/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten

AN ACT relative to the residence requirement for assistant town moderators and assistant town clerks.

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

1 Pre-Election Procedure; Additional Polling Places; Officers. Amend RSA 658:14 to read as follows:

658:14 Officers. The moderator shall appoint an assistant moderator for each additional polling place and the town clerk shall appoint an assistant clerk for each additional polling place. Each assistant moderator and assistant clerk shall have their domicile in the [voting district] municipality covered by the additional polling place [where they will serve]. The powers and duties of the assistant moderator and the assistant clerk shall be the same as those of the moderator and the clerk at the central polling place except as otherwise provided in the election laws. The inspectors of elections appointed as provided in RSA 658:2 shall be sworn in by the assistant moderator before entering upon their duties.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.