Bill Text: NH HB469 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to limiting amendments to warrant articles in towns that have adopted official ballot voting.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-14 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 205-136 03/14/2019 House Journal 9 P. 25 [HB469 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2019-HB469-Introduced.html
HB 469 - AS INTRODUCED
2019 SESSION
19-0739
06/01
HOUSE BILL 469
SPONSORS: Rep. Spillane, Rock. 2
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
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ANALYSIS
This bill provides that amendments to petitioned warrant articles in towns that have adopted official ballot voting shall not change the intent of the original warrant.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
19-0739
06/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Subparagraph; Official Ballot Voting; Petitioned Warrant Articles; Amendment. Amend RSA 40:13, IV by inserting after subparagraph (c) the following new subparagraph:
(d) Amendments to petitioned warrant articles shall not change the intended effect of the article as presented in the original petition.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.