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HB127: relative to vacancies in county offices.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

Citation
2017 HB127
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House status
Passed/Adopted
Senate status
Passed/Adopted
Committee
Senate Public and Municipal Affairs
Hearing
03/08/2017 at 10:20 AM
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Public and Municipal Affairs Local government

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CHAPTER 5

HB 127 - FINAL VERSION

2017 SESSION

17-0060

03/01

HOUSE BILL 127

AN ACT relative to vacancies in county offices .

SPONSORS: Rep. Welch, Rock. 13; Rep. Major, Rock. 14; Rep. Weyler, Rock. 13; Rep. Eaton, Ches. 3; Rep. Umberger, Carr. 2

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

ANALYSIS

This bill requires that the filling of a vacancy in a county office by the county convention be by a majority of the ballots cast.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

17-0060

03/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

AN ACT relative to vacancies in county offices .

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

5:1 Vacancy; County Officers; County Convention. Amend RSA 661:9, I and II(a) to read as follows:

I. If a vacancy for a period of one year or longer occurs in the office of county sheriff, county attorney, register of deeds, or county treasurer, the members of the county convention shall fill the vacancy for the unexpired term by a majority [vote] of the ballots cast. If a vacancy for a period of less than a year occurs in any such office, the members of the county convention shall, by majority vote of the county convention, vote to either fill the vacancy or to leave the office vacant.

II.(a) If a vacancy occurs in the office of a county commissioner, the members of the county convention shall fill the vacancy by a majority [vote] of the ballots cast until the next biennial election of county officers. If the term filled is less than the unexpired term, then notwithstanding any provisions of RSA 653:1, VI, the commissioner district filled pursuant to this paragraph shall be added to the next biennial election ballot to be chosen by the voters of the county for a 2-year term.

5:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: March 31, 2017

Effective Date: May 30, 2017