SB 16 – AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
01/19/11 0014s
2011 SESSION
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
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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.