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HB1143: relative to legislators temporarily serving as county commissioners.
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- Kennedy House ยท Merr 34
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HB 1143 - AS INTRODUCED
2003 SESSION
03-2270
10/09
HOUSE BILL 1143
AN ACT relative to legislators temporarily serving as county commissioners.
ANALYSIS
This bill allows a member of the house of representatives or senate to temporarily fill a vacancy in the office of county commissioner.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03-2270
10/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three
AN ACT relative to legislators temporarily serving as county commissioners.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Exception Added; Vacancy in County Commissioner. Amend RSA 655:10, I to read as follows:
I. No person shall file declaration of candidacy or primary petitions for nomination at the primary for incompatible offices. For the purposes of this section, incompatible offices shall include the offices of governor, United States senator, United States representative, representative to the general court, state senator, councilor, county sheriff, county attorney, county treasurer, register of deeds, and register of probate. If any person shall file for incompatible offices, the secretary of state shall advise the person of the provisions hereof and said person shall then advise the secretary of state which of said offices he or she wishes to retain in order to seek said nomination. If a filing fee has been paid for a declaration of candidacy which the person declines, the fee shall be returned to the person. No person shall seek or hold the position as a member of the general court and county commissioner at the same time, except where a member of the general court is elected by the county convention to fill a vacancy pursuant to RSA 661:9, II.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.