CHAPTER 26

HB 395 - FINAL VERSION

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2001 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 395

AN ACT relative to the time for the first meeting for county conventions following election.

SPONSORS: Rep. Patten, Carr 9

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill requires the chair of the county delegation to set the time and place for the first meeting of the county convention to be held during the week after the legislature's organization day. Current law requires the meeting to be on the Wednesday.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One

AN ACT relative to the time for the first meeting for county conventions following election.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

26:1 County Convention; First Meeting; Time Expanded. Amend RSA 24:9-a to read as follows:

24:9-a First Meeting. [The first meeting of the county convention shall be convened the second Wednesday of December of each even-numbered year, at some convenient place in the county.] The chair of the county delegation shall set the time and place for the first meeting of the county convention to be held during the week of the second Wednesday of December of each even-numbered year and shall notify the clerk of the house of representatives prior to the first Wednesday of December. The time and place of the meeting shall be announced by the clerk of the house of representatives on the first Wednesday of December of each even-numbered year.

26:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

(Approved: May 15, 2001)

(Effective Date: July 14, 2001)