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HB165: prohibiting a public official from contracting out his or her duties.

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HB 165 - AS INTRODUCED

2019 SESSION

19-0112

05/01

HOUSE BILL 165

AN ACT prohibiting a public official from contracting out his or her duties.


ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits a public official from entering into a contract with a third party to perform his or her official duties and establishes a criminal penalty for such a delegation of authority.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

19-0112

05/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

AN ACT prohibiting a public official from contracting out his or her duties.

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

1 New Section; Corrupt Practices; Delegation of Obligations Prohibited. Amend RSA 640 by inserting after section 7 the following new section:

640:8 Delegation of Obligations Prohibited. No elected or appointed public official shall enter into a contract with a third party to perform the public official's obligations and duties to the public. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2020.