HB325: permitting certain towns to appoint a town clerk.

HB 325 - AS INTRODUCED

2017 SESSION

17-0563

06/03

HOUSE BILL 325

AN ACT permitting certain towns to appoint a town clerk.

SPONSORS: Rep. Murphy, Hills. 7

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

ANALYSIS

This bill permits towns that have adopted a charter form of government to appoint a town clerk.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

17-0563

06/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

AN ACT permitting certain towns to appoint a town clerk.

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

1 Town Officers; Town Clerk. Amend RSA 41:16 to read as follows:

41:16 Election and Bond. Every town, except those towns that appoint a town clerk under RSA 41:16-d, at the annual meeting shall choose, by ballot, a town clerk, who shall record all votes passed by the town while he or she remains in office, and discharge all the duties of the office according to law.

2 New Section; Appointed Town Clerk. Amend RSA 41 by inserting after section 16-c the following new section:

41:16-d Appointed Town Clerk. Any town that has adopted a charter under RSA 49-B may provide in such charter for the appointment, rather than the election, of the town clerk.

3 Election by Ballot; Town Clerk. Amend RSA 669:15, IV to read as follows:

IV. Town clerk (RSA 41:16 through 16-b), unless provision has been made for appointment pursuant to RSA 41:16-d.

4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.