CACR 32 - AS INTRODUCED
2000 SESSION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 32
RELATING TO: the size of the general court.
PROVIDING THAT: provisions mandating the size of the general court shall be removed from the constitution and shall be established by statute.
SPONSORS: Rep. Buckley, Hills 44; Rep. Wallin, Merr 15; Rep. Copenhaver, Graf 10; Rep. Konys, Hills 33; Rep. M. Fuller Clark, Rock 36; Sen. Wheeler, Dist 21; Sen. Trombly, Dist 7; Rep. J. King, Dist 18
COMMITTEE: Legislative Administration
This constitutional amendment-concurrent resolution provides that the size of the general court shall be determined by statute and that provisions mandating the size of the general court shall be removed from the constitution.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
00-2367
04/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION PROPOSING CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
RELATING TO: the size of the general court.
PROVIDING THAT: provisions mandating the size of the general court shall be removed from the constitution and shall be established by statute.
Be it Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, that the
Constitution of New Hampshire be amended as follows:
I. That article 9 of the second part of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
[Art.] 9 [Representatives Elected Every Second Year; Apportionment of Representatives.] There shall be in the legislature of this state a house of representatives, biennially elected and founded on principles of equality, and representation therein shall be as equal as circumstances will admit. The whole number of representatives [to] shall be chosen from the towns, wards, places, and representative districts thereof established hereunder, [shall be not less than three hundred seventy-five or more than four hundred] and the house of representatives shall have the power to provide by statute the whole number of representatives to be so chosen. As soon as possible after the convening of the next regular session of the legislature, and at the session in 1971, and every ten years thereafter, the legislature shall make an apportionment of representatives according to the last general census of the inhabitants of the state taken by authority of the United States or of this state. In making such apportionment, no town, ward or place shall be divided nor the boundaries thereof altered.
II. That article 25 of the second part of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
[Art.] 25 [Senate, How Constituted.] The senate shall [consist of twenty-four members] have the power to provide by statute the whole number of senators to be chosen in accordance with this constitution.
II. That the above amendment proposed to the constitution be submitted to the qualified voters of the state at the state general election to be held in November, 2000.
III. That the selectmen of all towns, cities, wards and places in the state are directed to insert in their warrants for the said 2000 election an article to the following effect: To decide whether the amendments of the constitution proposed by the 2000 session of the general court shall be approved.
IV. That the wording of the question put to the qualified voters shall be:
Are you in favor of amending the Constitution to provide that the size of the House of Representatives and the Senate shall be determined by statute and that the provisions mandating the size of the legislature shall be removed from the Constitution?
V. That the secretary of state shall print the question to be submitted on a separate ballot or on the same ballot with other constitutional questions. The ballot containing the question shall include 2 squares next to the question allowing the voter to vote "Yes" or "No." If no cross is made in either of the squares, the ballot shall not be counted on the question. The outside of the ballot shall be the same as the regular official ballot except that the words "Questions Relating to Constitutional Amendments proposed by the 2000 General Court" shall be printed in bold type at the top of the ballot.
VI. That if the proposed amendment is approved by 2/3 of those voting on the amendment, it becomes effective when the governor proclaims its adoption.