Bill Text: NH HB149 | 2015 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Relative to qualifications for the office of county commissioner.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-06-03 - Signed by the Governor on 6/2/2015; Chapter 58; Effective Date 8/1/2015 [HB149 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2015-HB149-Chaptered.html

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CHAPTER 58

HB 149 – FINAL VERSION

2015 SESSION

15-0270

10/09

HOUSE BILL 149

AN ACT relative to qualifications for the office of county commissioner.

SPONSORS: Rep. Bailey, Graf 14; Rep. Richardson, Coos 4

COMMITTEE: Election Law

ANALYSIS

This bill provides that the office of executive councilor is an incompatible office with other federal, state, and county elective offices.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

15-0270

10/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen

AN ACT relative to qualifications for the office of county commissioner.

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

58:1 Elections; Incompatible Offices; Executive Councilor. Amend RSA 655:10, I to read as follows:

I. No person shall file declaration of candidacy or primary petitions for nomination at the primary for incompatible offices. For the purposes of this section, incompatible offices shall include the offices of governor, United States senator, United States representative, representative to the general court, state senator, councilor, county commissioner, county sheriff, county attorney, county treasurer, register of deeds, and register of probate. If any person shall file for incompatible offices, the secretary of state shall advise the person of the provisions hereof and said person shall then advise the secretary of state which of said offices he or she wishes to retain in order to seek said nomination. [No person shall seek or hold the position as a member of the general court and county commissioner at the same time.]

58:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: June 2, 2015

Effective Date: August 1, 2015