HB352 (2013) Detail

Relative to sending checklists to the state archives.


CHAPTER 106

HB 352 – FINAL VERSION

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2013 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 352

AN ACT relative to sending checklists to the state archives.

SPONSORS: Rep. Hoelzel, Rock 3; Rep. J. Belanger, Hills 27; Rep. Carey, Merr 26; Rep.?DeSimone, Rock 14; Rep. Ferrante, Rock 6; Sen. Prescott, Dist 23; Sen.?Pierce, Dist 5; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17

COMMITTEE: Election Law

ANALYSIS

This bill extends the deadline for sending copies of the voter checklist to the state archives.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

13Mar2013… 0087h

13-0487

03/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen

AN ACT relative to sending checklists to the state archives.

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

106:1 Checklists to Archives. Amend RSA 659:102 to read as follows:

659:102 Preservation of Checklists. [No later than the fourth Friday after] Within 90 days of the closing of the polls for each regular state general election, and for each presidential primary election, the supervisors of the checklist in the towns, and the corresponding officers in the cities, shall send one of the marked checklists which were used in that election, certified by the officers, to the state archives. In addition, if directed by the secretary of state, they shall send one of the unmarked checklists which were used in the state general election at which a president was elected to the clerk of the federal district court for the district of New Hampshire. One marked copy of every checklist used in any election shall be turned over to the town or city clerk by the supervisors. The clerk shall preserve such checklists in his or her custody for a public record for a period set forth in RSA 33-A:3-a.

106:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: June 24, 2013

Effective Date: August 23, 2013