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HB1393: relative to the election of Grafton county commissioners.
Bill details
Version history, amendments, and roll-call votes were not present in the imported local bill data.
Sponsors
- Susan Ford House · Graf 3
- Susan W Almy House · Graf 13
- Elaine French House · Graf 14
- Rick M Ladd House · Graf 4
- Kevin Maes House · Graf 6
- Linda Massimilla House · Graf 1
- Sharon Nordgren House · Graf 12
- Denny Ruprecht House · Graf 15
- Suzanne Smith House · Graf 8
- Laurel Stavis House · Graf 13
Topics
Election Law and Municipal Affairs Elections and voting Local government
Official links
HB 1393 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
19Feb2020... 0246h
2020 SESSION
20-2122
10/01
HOUSE BILL 1393
AN ACT relative to the election of Grafton county commissioners.
ANALYSIS
This bill changes the terms of the Grafton county commissioners beginning in 2020 so that one member is elected to a 4-year term at each general election.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
19Feb2020... 0246h
20-2122
10/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT relative to the election of Grafton county commissioners.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Election; County Commissioners; Grafton County Removed. Amend RSA 653:1, VI(a) to read as follows:
(a) [Grafton and] Hillsborough [counties] county-one county commissioner by those voters in each county commissioner district in [each] the county;
2 New Subparagraph; Election; Grafton County Commissioners. Amend RSA 653:1, VI by inserting after subparagraph (i) the following new subparagraph:
(j) Grafton county-one county commissioner by the voters in each county commissioner district; provided that, at the 2020 state general election, the commissioner from district 2 shall be elected to a 2-year term, the commissioner from district 3 shall be elected to a 4-year term and the commissioner from district 1 shall be elected to a 2-year term. At each subsequent state general election, 2 commissioners shall be chosen in the county by the voters of the districts in which a commissioner's term is expiring; and, of the commissioners so chosen, one shall serve a 4-year term and one shall serve a 2-year term and both shall hold their offices until their successors are chosen and qualified. Following the 2020 state general election, the 4-year term shall be rotated in sequence starting with district 1.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.