HB1242 (2022) Detail

Relative to filing deadlines for candidates seeking election to charter commissions and relative to the dates of such elections.


HB 1242  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2022 SESSION

22-2589

11/10

 

HOUSE BILL 1242

 

AN ACT relative to filing deadlines for candidates seeking election to charter commissions and relative to the dates of such elections.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Bergeron, Hills. 29

 

COMMITTEE: Election Law

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill provides that the local charter commission election ballot shall be available at least 45 days prior to a state primary election where both elections are scheduled to occur on the same date.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22-2589

11/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

 

AN ACT relative to filing deadlines for candidates seeking election to charter commissions and relative to the dates of such elections.

 

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

 

1 Charter Commission; Membership; Procedure; Preliminary Report.  Amend RSA 49-B:4, I to read as follows:

I. The charter commission shall consist of 9 members, all of whom shall be registered voters of the municipality and elected as hereinafter provided.

(a) Within 5 days after the deadline for requesting a recount of a vote confirming the establishment of a charter commission, or within 5 days after the recount if a recount is requested, the municipal officers shall meet to order a special election to be held on a Tuesday not less than [35] 50 days or more than [60] 90 days after such meeting for the purpose of electing charter commission members provided, however, that in a municipality with biennial elections, the special election shall be held on a Tuesday not less than [25] 50 days or more than 133 days after such meeting. For purposes of this subparagraph, the provisions of RSA 40:4-c relative to recounts shall apply, except that a recount must be requested no later than the first Friday following the vote.

(b) Members shall be elected in the same manner as the municipal officers except that they shall be elected at large and without party designation. The names of the candidates shall be arranged on the ballot in an order determined by lot, publicly selected by the city or town clerk. Declarations of candidacy for the commission shall be filed as provided in RSA 669:19, except that the filing period shall begin [on the fourth] not less than the Wednesday immediately following the election and coinciding with the recount period pursuant to RSA 40:4-c and not later than the eighth Wednesday before the election and end on the Friday of the following week.

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

Links


Date Body Type
Feb. 2, 2022 House Hearing
Feb. 23, 2022 House Exec Session
House Floor Vote

Bill Text Revisions

HB1242 Revision: 33950 Date: Nov. 18, 2021, 3:29 p.m.

Docket


March 15, 2022: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 03/15/2022 HJ 6


March 9, 2022: Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate (Vote 20-0; CC)


Feb. 23, 2022: Executive Session: 02/23/2022 11:00 a.m. LOB306-308


Feb. 2, 2022: Public Hearing: 02/02/2022 12:15 p.m. SHReps Hall


Nov. 18, 2021: Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Election Law