01-0883 03/09

HOUSE BILL 519

COMMITTEE: Election Law

ANALYSIS

This bill establishes jurisdiction for the ballot law commission to hear and determine petitions relating to primary petitions.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

01-0883

03/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One

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

1 Ballot Law Commission; Additional Jurisdiction; Cease and Desist Orders and Primary Petitions. Amend RSA 665:7 to read as follows:

665:7 Additional Jurisdiction. In addition to the jurisdiction of issues conveyed to the ballot law commission by other sections of this chapter, the commission shall hear and determine all disputes involving alleged violations of New Hampshire election laws of a non-criminal nature for which no specific statutory appeal procedure has already been provided. The commission shall also hear and determine petitions [for review of] relating to cease and desist orders [issued by the attorney general] under RSA 664:18, II, [if such petitions are filed within 3 days of the order] and primary petitions under RSA 655:26. Except in cases of fraud or willful misconduct, complaints relating to primary petitions shall be filed not later than the fourth Wednesday in June.

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