Revision: Dec. 14, 2015, midnight
\t \t\tHB 1534 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
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HOUSE BILL\t1534
AN ACT\trelative to reports of death of voters.
SPONSORS:\tRep. Bates, Rock. 7
COMMITTEE:\tElection Law
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ANALYSIS
\tThis bill requires the state registrar to notify the city or town clerk upon receipt of a death record and requires the supervisors of the checklist to remove the name from the checklist.
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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\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
\t16-2507
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT\trelative to reports of death of voters.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t1 New Paragraphs; Registrar of Vital Records; Duties. Amend RSA 5-C:4 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraphs:
\t\tIV. The secretary of state shall compare information contained on each death record received with information contained in the statewide centralized voter registration database and submit a list to the state registrar of every city or town that has a registered voter matching the decedent's information.
\t\tV. Upon receipt of a death record, the state registrar shall transmit notice of the death to the clerk of the city or town of residence of the decedent and to each city or town listed by the secretary of state for the decedent pursuant to paragraph IV.
\t2 Checklists; Reports of Death. Amend RSA 654:37 to read as follows:
\t654:37 Reports of Death. Whenever there is filed in the office of the clerk an official notice of the death of any person or persons of the age of 18 years or over or the clerk receives notice of a death record of such person or persons under RSA 5-C:4, V, the town or city clerk shall notify the supervisors of the checklist of said deaths by submitting a notice of same to the supervisors at their next regular meeting. Upon receipt of such notice, the supervisors shall examine the checklist; and, if the name of said deceased person appears thereon, it shall be removed. The notice shall be retained in accordance with RSA 33-A:3-a. Any supervisor who shall neglect or refuse to erase the name of such deceased voter from the checklist after receiving such notice from the town or city clerk shall be guilty of a violation.
\t3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.