HB 1389 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
\t16-2045
\t06/03
HOUSE BILL\t1389
AN ACT\tprohibiting a town meeting from materially changing a petitioned warrant article in a town that has adopted the official ballot referendum form of meeting.
SPONSORS:\tRep. Spillane, Rock. 2; Rep. Dean-Bailey, Rock. 32; Rep. Lachance, Hills. 8; Rep. C. McGuire, Merr. 29; Rep. Burt, Hills. 39; Rep. Duarte, Rock. 2; Rep. Aldrich, Belk. 2; Rep. Rideout, Coos 7; Rep. Horn, Merr. 2; Rep. Whitehouse, Straf. 2; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17
COMMITTEE:\tMunicipal and County Government
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ANALYSIS
\tThis bill prohibits an amendment to a petitioned warrant article that changes the subject matter or intent of the original warrant article in a town that has adopted the official ballot referendum form of meeting.
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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\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
\t16-2045
\t06/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT\tprohibiting a town meeting from materially changing a petitioned warrant article in a town that has adopted the official ballot referendum form of meeting.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t1 Use of Official Ballot; Warrant Articles; Certain Amendments Prohibited. Amend RSA 40:13, IV(c) to read as follows:
\t\t\t(c) No petitioned warrant article shall be amended to [eliminate] change the subject matter or the intent of the article. An amendment that changes the dollar amount of an appropriation in a warrant article shall not be deemed to violate this subparagraph.
\t2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.