Bill Text - HB77 (2011)

Relative to amendments to warrant articles.


Revision: Feb. 3, 2011, midnight

HB 77 – VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

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2011 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 77

AN ACT relative to amendments to warrant articles.

SPONSORS: Rep. Hoelzel, Rock 2; Rep. Comerford, Rock 9; Rep. Chandler, Carr 1; Rep. Jasper, Hills 27; Rep. Duarte, Rock 1; Sen. Barnes, Jr., Dist 17; Sen. Boutin, Dist 16

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

ANALYSIS

This bill requires a town that has adopted official ballot voting to retain the substance of the subject matter of a warrant article when it is amended.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT relative to amendments to warrant articles.

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

1 New Subparagraph; Use of Official Ballot. Amend RSA 40:13, IV by inserting after subparagraph (b) the following new subparagraph:

(c) No warrant article shall be amended to eliminate the subject matter of the article. An amendment that changes the dollar amount of an appropriation in a warrant article shall not be deemed to violate this subparagraph.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.