Revision: March 30, 2017, 12:04 p.m.
HB 303-LOCAL - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
9Mar2017... 0291h
2017 SESSION
17-0327
03/08
HOUSE BILL 303-LOCAL
AN ACT relative to filling vacancies in the office of county commissioner.
SPONSORS: Rep. Gagne, Hills. 13; Rep. LeBrun, Hills. 32; Rep. J. Belanger, Hills. 27; Rep. Shaw, Hills. 16; Rep. P. Long, Hills. 10; Rep. Hinch, Hills. 21; Rep. Jack, Hills. 36
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
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This bill requires that a vacancy in the office of a county commissioner in Hillsborough county be filled by a majority vote of the county convention members representing the cities and towns in the commissioner's district.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
9Mar2017... 0291h 17-0327
03/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT relative to filling vacancies in the office of county commissioner.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Vacancies; County Commissioner. Amend RSA 661:9, II(a) to read as follows:
II.(a) If a vacancy occurs in the office of a county commissioner, the members of the county convention, or, if the vacancy occurs in Hillsborough county, the members of the county convention representing the cities and towns in the commissioner's district, shall fill the vacancy by majority vote 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.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.