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HB1247: relative to administering oaths to certain state officers.
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- Dennis Fields House · Belk 4
- Roger Berube House · Straf 18
- Herbert Richardson House · Coos 4
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CHAPTER 23
HB 1247 - FINAL VERSION
2018 SESSION
18-2256
05/01
HOUSE BILL 1247
AN ACT relative to administering oaths to certain state officers.
ANALYSIS
This bill adds 2 notaries public to the list of individuals authorized to administer oaths to certain state officers.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
18-2256
05/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT relative to administering oaths to certain state officers.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
23:1 Tenure and Oath of Office; Who May Administer. Amend RSA 92:5 to read as follows:
92:5 Who May Administer. Official oaths may be administered as follows: To the clerk of any court, by any 2 justices thereof, or by any 2 justices of the peace; to all military officers above the rank of field officers, and to all other officers appointed by the governor and council, by any 2 members of the council, or by any member of the council with a justice of the peace, or by any 2 justices of the peace or by any justice of the peace with any notary public, or by any 2 notaries public; to all other officers, by any justice of the peace within his or her county; to town officers in town meeting, by the moderator, or at any time by the town clerk, one of the selectmen, or a justice of the peace; to officers of school districts, in school meeting, by the moderator, or at any time by the clerk, one of the school board of the district, or a justice of the peace; and to the moderator of the district, by any legal voter of the district.
23:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 15, 2018
Effective Date: July 14, 2018