Revision: Jan. 31, 2017, 8:05 a.m.
HB 83 - AS INTRODUCED
2017 SESSION
17-0031
06/10
HOUSE BILL 83
SPONSORS: Rep. Byron, Hills. 20
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
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This bill prohibits family members from being elected to or being appointed to the same town, city, or school district board or committee.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
17-0031
06/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Town Elections; Incompatibility of Offices. Amend RSA 669:7 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:
III.(a) No family members shall serve at the same time on the same town, city, or school district board or committee.
(b) In this paragraph, "family member" means a spouse, biological, foster, or adoptive parent or child, stepparent, stepchild, grandparent, grandchild, legal ward, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, or daughter-in-law.
2 New Section; Incompatible Offices. Amend RSA 41 by inserting after section 4 the following new section:
41:4-a Incompatible Offices.
I. In this section, "family member" means a spouse, biological, foster, or adoptive parent or child, stepparent, stepchild, grandparent, grandchild, legal ward, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, or daughter-in-law.
II. No family members shall serve at the same time on the same town, city, or school district board or committee.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.