SB 489 - AS INTRODUCED
2004 SESSION
03/09
SENATE BILL 489
AN ACT relative to requests for special elections.
SPONSORS: Sen. Martel, Dist 18; Sen. Clegg, Dist 14; Rep. Dickinson, Carr 4
This bill requires that a request for a special election to fill a vacancy in the office of state representative in a multi-town or multi-ward district be made jointly by the selectmen of a majority of the towns or wards in the district.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
04-3208
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Four
AN ACT relative to requests for special elections.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Vacancies; State Representative. Amend RSA 661:8, II to read as follows:
II. If a vacancy occurs in the office of state representative from a single town or ward district, the vacancy may be filled following the provisions of RSA 655:81 and RSA 655:82 in the same manner as a state general election is held. In a multi-town or multi-ward district, a vacancy in the office of state representative shall be filled following the provisions of RSA 655:81 and RSA 655:82 by a special election if the selectmen of [any town or ward] a majority of the towns or wards in said district jointly so request of the governor or council.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.