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1 Charter Amendments; Procedure; Change Form of Government. Amend RSA 49-B:5, I(c)-(d) to read as follows:
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Each amendment shall be limited to a single subject, but more than one section of the charter may be amended as long as it is germane to that subject.
(d) Alternative statements of a single amendment are prohibited.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
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1 Charter Amendments; Procedure; Change Form of Government. Amend RSA 49-B:5, I(c)-(d) to read as follows:
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the municipal officers may, by a vote of two-thirds of their membership, place directly on the ballot a proposed charter amendment that changes the form of government of the municipality, including but not limited to: adoption of a town council, adoption of a city form, transition between council-manager and mayor-council structures, or any other structural realignment of legislative or executive authority. Any such amendment shall be adopted upon receiving a majority of those voting on the question.
(d) Each amendment shall be limited to a single subject, but more than one section of the charter may be amended as long as it is germane to that subject.
(e) Alternative statements of a single amendment are prohibited.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.