Revision: Dec. 14, 2011, midnight
HB 1227 – AS INTRODUCED
2012 SESSION
03/05
HOUSE BILL 1227
AN ACT relative to disqualification of certain members of the general court.
SPONSORS: Rep. Greazzo, Hills 17
COMMITTEE: Legislative Administration
This bill provides that a vacancy occurs if a member of the general court is determined to be a paid employee of a party, political committee, or lobbyist.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
12-2224
03/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
AN ACT relative to disqualification of certain members of the general court.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Vacancy. Amend RSA 652:12, VI(c) to read as follows:
(c) The selectmen of any town or ward in the district from which the member is elected request of the governor and council that the office be declared vacant[.]; or
2 New Paragraph; Vacancy; Employment. Amend RSA 652:12 by inserting after paragraph VI the following new paragraph:
VII. Is a member of the general court and is determined by a committee of no less than 5 members of the chamber to which he or she was elected, appointed for that purpose by the senate president or the speaker of the house of representatives, as applicable, to be a paid employee of:
(a) A party, as defined in RSA 652:11;
(b) A political committee of a political party, as defined in RSA 664:2, V;
(c) A political committee, as defined in RSA 664:2, III; or
(d) A lobbyist required to register under RSA 15.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.