HB 1046 - AS INTRODUCED
2022 SESSION
22-2104
11/04
HOUSE BILL 1046
AN ACT relative to the election of the Sullivan county commissioners.
SPONSORS: Rep. Tanner, Sull. 9; Rep. Merchant, Sull. 4; Rep. Gottling, Sull. 2
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
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ANALYSIS
This bill changes the election of the Sullivan county commissioners to be elected by voters in each county commissioner 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
22-2104
11/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT relative to the election of the Sullivan county commissioners.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Election; Sullivan County Commissioners. Amend RSA 653:1, VI(e) to read as follows:
(e) Sullivan county-one county commissioner [from each county commissioner district by all the voters of the county] by the voters in each county commissioner district; provided that, at the [1990] 2022 state general election, the commissioner from district [1] 2 shall be elected to a 4-year term, no commissioner from district 1 shall be elected, and [the commissioners from districts 2 and 3 shall each] the commissioner from district 3 shall be elected to a 2-year term. At each subsequent state general election, 2 commissioners whose terms are expiring shall be elected by [all the voters of the county] the voters of the districts in which a commissioner's term is expiring; and, of the commissioners so chosen, one shall serve a 4-year term and one shall serve a 2-year term and both shall hold their offices until their successors are chosen and qualified. Following the [1990] 2022 state general election, the 4-year term shall be rotated in sequence starting with district [2] 3.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 13, 2022 | House | Hearing |
| Jan. 24, 2022 | House | Exec Session |
| House | Floor Vote | |
| March 28, 2022 | Senate | Hearing |
April 14, 2022: Refer to Interim Study, MA, VV; 04/14/2022; SJ 8
April 6, 2022: Committee Report: Referred to Interim Study, 04/14/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 15
March 23, 2022: Hearing: 03/28/2022, Room 100, SH, 01:45 pm; SC 13
March 22, 2022: Introduced 03/17/2022 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 6
March 17, 2022: Ought to Pass: MA DV 192-141 03/17/2022 HJ 8
March 17, 2022: Inexpedient to Legislate: MF DV 158-169 03/17/2022 HJ 8
Feb. 9, 2022: Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass
Feb. 9, 2022: Majority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate (Vote 10-9; RC)
Jan. 24, 2022: Executive Session: 01/24/2022 10:00 a.m. LOB301-303
Jan. 13, 2022: Public Hearing: 01/13/2022 9:30 a.m. LOB301-303
Nov. 2, 2021: Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Municipal and County Government
: To Be Introduced and referred to Municipal and County Government