Bill Text: NH SB16 | 2011 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Relative to the placement of numerical tallies on a ballot.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 15-1)

Status: (Passed) 2011-05-11 - Senate Signed by the Governor on 05/9/2011; Effective 05/9/2011; Chapter 0057 [SB16 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2011-SB16-Amended.html

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SB 16 – AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

01/19/11 0014s

2011 SESSION

11-0200

06/03

SENATE BILL 16

AN ACT relative to amendments to warrant articles.

SPONSORS: Sen. Barnes, Jr., Dist 17; Sen. Boutin, Dist 16; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Forsythe, Dist 4; Sen. Gallus, Dist 1; Sen. Lambert, Dist 13; Sen. Merrill, Dist 21; Sen. Odell, Dist 8; Sen. Prescott, Dist 23; Sen. Stiles, Dist 24; Sen. White, Dist 9; Rep. Hoelzel, Rock 2; Rep. Major, Rock 8; Rep. Duarte, Rock 1; Rep. Jasper, Hills 27; Rep. Chandler, Carr 1

COMMITTEE: Public and Municipal Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill requires a town that has adopted official ballot voting to retain the substance of the subject matter of a warrant article when it is amended.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

01/19/11 0014s

11-0200

06/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT relative to amendments to warrant articles.

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

1 New Subparagraph; Use of Official Ballot. Amend RSA 40:13, IV by inserting after subparagraph (b) the following new subparagraph:

(c) No warrant article shall be amended to eliminate the subject matter of the article. An amendment that changes the dollar amount of an appropriation in a warrant article shall not be deemed to violate this subparagraph.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.