HB 1219 - AS INTRODUCED
2000 SESSION
HOUSE BILL 1219
AN ACT relative to elected officials with corporate conflicts of interests.
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
This bill provides that no local political subdivision of the state shall conduct business transactions with a corporate entity which has as a corporate director or officer a person who at the same time holds office as an elected official of that political subdivision.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
00-2322
08/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to elected officials with corporate conflicts of interests.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Conflicts of Interest; Certain Business Dealings Between Local Political Subdivisions and Corporate Entities Barred. Amend RSA 95 by inserting after section 1-a the following new section:
95:1-b Certain Business Dealings Barred. No town, city, or other local political subdivision of the state shall conduct business transactions with a corporate entity which has as a corporate director or officer a person who at the same time holds office as an elected official of that political subdivision. Any violation of this section shall be considered a violation by the person serving simultaneous corporate and political subdivision offices or positions, and shall subject said person to the penalty provision provided in RSA 95:2.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2001.