Bill Text - HB1639 (2018)

Relative to compensation of members of the New Hampshire legislature.


Revision: Nov. 13, 2017, 12:09 p.m.

HB 1639 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2018 SESSION

18-2601

10/01

 

HOUSE BILL 1639

 

AN ACT relative to compensation of members of the New Hampshire legislature.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Brewster, Merr. 21

 

COMMITTEE: Legislative Administration

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires that payment of legislator compensation be made in  quarterly payments at the completion of each 6 months of service during the biennium.

 

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

18-2601

10/01

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT relative to compensation of members of the New Hampshire legislature.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  New Section; Legislative Officers; Payment of Compensation.  Amend RSA 14 by inserting after section 1 the following new section:

14:1-a  Payment of Legislator Compensation.  The compensation for members of the house of representatives and senate provided for in part II, article 15 of the New Hampshire constitution shall be paid to each member in quarterly payments made at the completion of each 6 months of service during the biennium for which the member was elected.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.