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HB358: relative to recount fees in local elections.
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- C Donald Stritch House ยท Rock 75
Topics
INTERNAL AFFAIRS Elections and voting
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CHAPTER 34
HB 358-FN-LOCAL - FINAL VERSION
2003 SESSION
03-0400
03/10
HOUSE BILL 358-FN-LOCAL
AN ACT relative to recount fees in local elections.
ANALYSIS
This bill establishes a scale of fees to replace the current flat fee for recounts involving candidates for town and school district offices.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03-0400
03/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three
AN ACT relative to recount fees in local elections.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
34:1 Town Elections; Recounts; Notice, Fee. Amend RSA 669:31 to read as follows:
669:31 Notice; Fee.
I. The clerk shall notify each of the candidates for the office for which there is to be a recount at least 3 days prior to the day appointed for the recount of ballots. No other notice shall be required.
II. The applicant shall pay to the town clerk, for the use of the town, [a] the following fee [of $10]:
(a) If the difference between the vote cast for the applying candidate and a candidate declared elected is less than one percent of the total votes cast, the fee shall be $10.
(b) If the difference between the vote cast for the applying candidate and a candidate declared elected is between one percent and 2 percent of the total votes cast, the fee shall be $20.
(c) If the difference between the vote cast for the applying candidate and a candidate declared elected is between 2 percent and 3 percent of the total votes cast, the fee shall be $40.
(d) If the difference between the vote cast for the applying candidate and a candidate declared elected is greater than 3 percent of the total votes cast, the candidate shall pay the fee as provided in RSA 669:31, II(c) and shall agree in writing with the town clerk to pay any additional costs of the recount.
III. If any person who has applied for a recount is declared elected by reason of the recount, the town clerk shall return to the person within 10 days of the recount all fees paid at the time of applying.
IV. If any person who has applied for a recount loses the recount by a margin of less than one percent of the total votes cast, the town clerk shall return to the person within 10 days of the recount any fees that were paid in excess of those required by subparagraph II(a).
34:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: May 2, 2003)
(Effective Date: July 1, 2003)