HB 1387 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
\t16-2002
\t10/06
HOUSE BILL\t1387
AN ACT\trelative to vacancies in county offices.
SPONSORS:\tRep. Welch, Rock. 13; Rep. Major, Rock. 14; Rep. Weyler, Rock. 13; Rep. Eaton, Ches. 3; Rep. P. Schmidt, Straf. 19; Rep. Umberger, Carr. 2; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19
COMMITTEE:\tElection Law
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ANALYSIS
\tThis bill requires that the filling of a vacancy in a county office by the county convention be by a majority of the ballots cast.
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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\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
\t16-2002
\t10/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT\trelative to vacancies in county offices.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t1 Vacancy; County Officers; County Convention Amend RSA 661:9, I and II(a) to read as follows:
\t\tI. If a vacancy for a period of one year or longer occurs in the office of county sheriff, county attorney, register of deeds, or county treasurer, the members of the county convention shall fill the vacancy for the unexpired term by a majority [vote] of the ballots cast. If a vacancy for a period of less than a year occurs in any such office, the members of the county convention shall, by majority vote of the county convention, vote to either fill the vacancy or to leave the office vacant.
\t\tII.(a) If a vacancy occurs in the office of a county commissioner, the members of the county convention shall fill the vacancy by a majority [vote] of the ballots cast until the next biennial election of county officers. If the term filled is less than the unexpired term, then notwithstanding any provisions of RSA 653:1, VI, the commissioner district filled pursuant to this paragraph shall be added to the next biennial election ballot to be chosen by the voters of the county for a 2-year term.
\t2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.