HB1296 (2016) Detail

Requiring the legislative body to approve the appointment of town managers and prohibiting town managers from hiring contractors to perform the duties of town managers.


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HB 1296 - AS INTRODUCED

 

2016 SESSION

\t16-2317

\t06/09

 

HOUSE BILL\t1296

 

AN ACT\trequiring the legislative body to approve the appointment of town managers and prohibiting town managers from hiring contractors to perform the duties of town managers.

 

SPONSORS:\tRep. Marple, Merr. 24; Rep. L. Christiansen, Hills. 37; Rep. McClarren, Hills. 29

 

COMMITTEE:\tMunicipal and County Government

 

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ANALYSIS

 

\tThis bill requires the appointment of town managers to be approved by the legislative body.

 

\tThis bill also prohibits town managers from hiring independent contractors to perform their duties.

 

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Explanation:\tMatter added to current law appears in bold italics.

\t\tMatter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

\t16-2317

\t06/09

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

 

AN ACT\trequiring the legislative body to approve the appointment of town managers and prohibiting town managers from hiring contractors to perform the duties of town managers.

 

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

 

\t1  Town Managers; Appointment.  Amend RSA 37:2 to read as follows:

\t37:2  Appointment of Manager.  The selectmen of towns adopting the provisions of this chapter, as herein provided, shall forthwith thereafter appoint a town manager, to be approved by the legislative body, who may or may not, when appointed, be a resident of the town or state.

\t2  New Section; Hiring of Certain Independent Contractors Prohibited.  Amend RSA 37 by inserting after section 7 the following new section:

\t37:7-a  Hiring of Certain Independent Contractors Prohibited.  No town manager shall hire any contractor to perform the duties he or she is required to perform under RSA 37:6 or RSA 37:7.

\t3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.