Bill Text - SB200 (2022)

(New Title) apportioning congressional districts.


Revision: Dec. 2, 2021, 1:36 p.m.

SB 200  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2022 SESSION

22-3003

10/08

 

SENATE BILL 200

 

AN ACT relative to the election of district commissioners in Haverhill.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Giuda, Dist 2; Rep. Ladd, Graf. 4; Rep. Binford, Graf. 15

 

COMMITTEE: Election Law and Municipal Affairs

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill allows the town of Haverhill to elect 5 village district commissioners for districts within the town.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22-3003

10/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

 

AN ACT relative to the election of district commissioners in Haverhill.

 

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

 

1  Village District Elections; Town of Haverhill.  Amend the section heading of RSA 670:2-a and 670:2-a, I to read as follows:

670:2-a Optional Election of Commissioners in Districts Within the Towns of Merrimack[ and], Hooksett, and Haverhill.

I. Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 670:2, any village district within the town of Merrimack[ or], the town of Hooksett, or the town of Haverhill may at any annual meeting under an article in the warrant for the meeting elect 5 rather than 3 commissioners by a majority vote of the legal voters present and voting at the annual meeting in the manner provided in paragraph II.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.