SB 385-LOCAL - AS INTRODUCED
2000 SESSION
SENATE BILL 385-LOCAL
AN ACT relative to fees for copies of checklists.
SPONSORS: Sen. Trombly, Dist 7
This bill limits the fee that may be charged for paper copies of checklists to $25 per town or city.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
00-2626.0
03/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to fees for copies of checklists.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Elections; Voters and Checklists; Checklists: All State Elections; Availability of Checklist; Fees. Amend RSA 654:31 to read as follows:
654:31 Availability of Checklist. The checklist as corrected by the supervisors shall be open for the examination of any person at all times before the opening of a meeting or election at which the list is to be used. The supervisors shall furnish one or more copies of the most recent checklist to any person requesting such copies. If the supervisors maintain or have access to the checklist or information from which the checklist was derived in more than one form, the person requesting copies shall be furnished copies in any of those forms according to [his] the person's preference. The supervisors may charge a reasonable fee for copies that is based on the actual costs incurred when reproducing an existing checklist, except that in no event shall the fee for paper copies of the checklist or checklists for any single town [or ward checklist] or city be [less than $5 nor] more than $25 per [checklist] town or city. The fee charged for checklists on computer disk or tape, or in any form other than paper, shall be based solely on the additional costs incurred to provide such checklist to the individual requesting it. The fee shall be for the use of the town or city.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.