CHAPTER 179
HB 453 - FINAL VERSION
2001 SESSION
04/09
HOUSE BILL 453
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
This bill establishes a 4-year term for the commissioner of the department of corrections.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01-0922
04/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT establishing a 4-year term for the commissioner of the department of corrections.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
179:1 Term of Appointment. Amend RSA 21-H:6, I to read as follows:
I. The commissioner of the department shall be appointed by the governor, with the consent of the council, and shall serve [at the pleasure of the governor] for a term of 4 years from the date of appointment and until a successor is appointed.
179:2 Application. The provisions of section 1 of this act shall apply to any appointments to the position of commissioner of the department of corrections made after the effective date of this act.
179:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: July 5, 2001)
(Effective Date: September 3, 2001)