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HB1208: relative to the wording for oath of office for public office.

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HB 1208 - AS INTRODUCED

2018 SESSION

18-2019

05/08

HOUSE BILL HB 1208

AN ACT relative to the wording for oath of office for public office.


ANALYSIS

This bill requires certain public officials to say and write the oath of office before exercising duties of the office.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

18-2019

05/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

AN ACT relative to the wording for oath of office for public office.

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

1 Oath of Office. Amend RSA 92:2 to read as follows:

92:2 Oath Required. No person chosen or appointed to any public office or to any position where an oath is required, under any law, shall exercise such office or position or perform any act therein until he or she shall [make and subscribe] say and write the oath or declaration as prescribed by part 2, article 84 of the constitution of New Hampshire, and any such person who violates said oath after taking the same shall be forthwith dismissed from the office or position involved.

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