Revision: Dec. 20, 2017, 1:40 p.m.
SB 466 - AS INTRODUCED
2018 SESSION
18-2777
05/03
SENATE BILL 466
AN ACT relative to political activities of commissioners of state agencies.
SPONSORS: Sen. Woodburn, Dist 1; Sen. Cavanaugh, Dist 16; Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 5; Sen. Kahn, Dist 10; Sen. Lasky, Dist 13; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Watters, Dist 4
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill provides that, during their term of appointment, a commissioner may not hold or campaign for elective office, serve as the officer of a political party or political committee, use his or her name in support of or in opposition to a candidate, participate in or contribute to political campaigns, or act as a lobbyist.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
18-2777
05/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT relative to political activities of commissioners of state agencies.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Commissioners; Limitation on Political Activities. Amend RSA 21-G by inserting after section 8 the following new section:
21-G:8-a Commissioners; Limitation on Political Activities. During his or her term of appointment, a commissioner shall not hold or campaign for partisan elective office, serve as an officer of any political party or political committee, permit his or her name to be used in support of or in opposition to any local or state partisan candidate, participate in any way in any local or state partisan election campaign, make a contribution as defined in RSA 664:2 to any local or state candidate for office or state political committee, or act as or assist a lobbyist required to be registered under RSA 15:1.
2 Executive Branch Ethics Committee; Jurisdiction. Amend RSA 21-G:29, II to read as follows:
II. The jurisdiction of the committee shall consist of matters arising under the executive branch code of ethics, RSA 21-G:21-27, RSA 15-A, RSA 15-B, RSA 21-G:8-a, and rules or guidelines adopted thereunder, as applied to current or former executive branch officials, provided that the committee may only consider a complaint against a former executive branch official if the complaint is filed no later than 180 days after the day the official resigned, retired, or otherwise left his or her position.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.