CACR 13 - AS INTRODUCED
2001 SESSION
04/09
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 13
RELATING TO: terms for state senators.
PROVIDING THAT: beginning with the 2004 general election, there shall be 4-year terms of office for state senators.
SPONSORS: Sen. Wheeler, Dist 21; Sen. Below, Dist 5; Sen. Cohen, Dist 24; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Disnard, Dist 8; Sen. Fernald, Dist 11; Sen. Hollingworth, Dist 23; Sen. Larsen, Dist 15; Sen. O'Neil, Dist 18; Rep. Allen, Ches 7
This constitutional amendment-concurrent resolution provides that beginning with the 2004 general election, the term of office for state senators shall be 4 years.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01-0701
04/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION PROPOSING CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
RELATING TO: terms for state senators.
PROVIDING THAT: beginning with the 2004 general election, there shall be 4-year terms of office for state senators.
Be it Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring, that the
Constitution of New Hampshire be amended as follows:
I. That article 27 of the second part of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
[Art.] 27. [Election of Senators.] [The] Beginning with the general election in 2004, the freeholders and other inhabitants of each district, qualified as provided in this constitution [is provided], shall [biennially] every 4 years give in their votes for a senator, at some meeting [holden] held in the month of November.
II. That article 33 of the second part of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
[Art.] 33. [Secretary of State to Count Votes for Senators and Notify Persons Elected.] And that there may be a due meeting of [senators and] representatives on the first Wednesday of December, biennially, and a due meeting of senators on the first Wednesday of December beginning in 2004, and on the first Wednesday of December every 4 years thereafter, the secretary of state shall, as soon as may be, examine the returned copy of such records; and fourteen days before the first Wednesday of December, [he] the secretary of state shall issue [his] a summons to such persons as appear to be chosen senators and representatives, by a plurality of votes, to attend and take their seats on that day.
III. 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, 2002.
IV. That the selectmen of all towns, cities, wards and places in the state are directed to insert in their warrants for the said 2002 election an article to the following effect: To decide whether the amendments of the constitution proposed by the 2001 session of the general court shall be approved.
V. That the wording of the question put to the qualified voters shall be:
"Are you in favor of amending articles 27 and 33 of the second part of the Constitution as follows:
[Art.] 27. [Election of Senators.] [The] Beginning with the general election in 2004, the freeholders and other inhabitants of each district, qualified as provided in this constitution [is provided], shall [biennially] every 4 years give in their votes for a senator, at some meeting [holden] held in the month of November.
[Art.] 33. [Secretary of State to Count Votes for Senators and Notify Persons Elected.] And that there may be a due meeting of [senators and] representatives on the first Wednesday of December, biennially, and a due meeting of senators on the first Wednesday of December beginning in 2004, and on the first Wednesday of December every 4 years thereafter, the secretary of state shall, as soon as may be, examine the returned copy of such records; and fourteen days before the first Wednesday of December, [he] the secretary of state shall issue [his] a summons to such persons as appear to be chosen senators and representatives, by a plurality of votes, to attend and take their seats on that day."
VI. 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 2001 General Court" shall be printed in bold type at the top of the ballot.
VII. 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.