HB 1404 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
8Feb2012… 0408h
2012 SESSION
10/04
HOUSE BILL 1404
AN ACT relative to the election of Hillsborough county commissioners.
SPONSORS: Rep. Seidel, Hills 20; Rep. Ohm, Hills 26; Rep. Twombly, Hills 25; Rep. LeBrun, Hills 26
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
This bill provides that at each state election one of the Hillsborough county commissioners shall be elected on a rotating 4-year term.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
8Feb2012… 0408h
12-2677
10/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
AN ACT relative to the election of Hillsborough county commissioners.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 County Officers Elected; Commissioners; Hillsborough County. Amend RSA 653:1, VI(a) to read as follows:
(a) Grafton [and Hillsborough counties] county — one county commissioner by those voters in each county commissioner district in [each] the county;
2 New Subparagraph; County Officers Elected; Hillsborough County; Terms. Amend RSA 653:1, VI by inserting after subparagraph (i) the following new subparagraph:
(j) Hillsborough county — one county commissioner by the voters in each county commissioner district; provided that, at the 2012 state general election, the commissioner from district 1 shall be elected to a 4-year term and the commissioners from districts 2 and 3 shall be elected to 2-year terms. At each subsequent state general election, 2 commissioners shall be chosen in the county by the voters of the districts in the county in which a commissioner’s term is expiring; and, of the commissioners so chosen, one shall serve a 4-year term and one shall serve a 2-year term and both shall hold their offices until their successors are chosen and qualified. Following the 2012 state general election, the 4-year term shall be rotated in sequence starting with district 2.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect June 1, 2012.