Bill Text: NH SB458 | 2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Relative to reporting by political committees and relative to agreements to share voter information with other states.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2016-06-21 - III. Remainder Effective 06/26/2016 [SB458 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2016-SB458-Chaptered.html
CHAPTER 270
SB 458-FN - FINAL VERSION
02/18/16 0636s
11May2016... 1854h
11May2016... 1858h
06/01/2016 2115EBA
2016 SESSION
16-2832
03/09
SENATE BILL 458-FN
AN ACT relative to reporting by political committees, reports of the death of voters, and agreements to share voter information with other states.
SPONSORS: Sen. Sanborn, Dist 9; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17
COMMITTEE: Public and Municipal Affairs
-----------------------------------------------------------------
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill requires political committees to file itemized statements earlier than is required under current law and requires the state registrar to notify the city or town clerk upon receipt of a death record and requires the supervisors of the checklist to remove the name from the checklist. This bill also authorizes the secretary of state to enter into an agreement to share voter information and data with other states or groups of states.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02/18/16 0636s
11May2016... 1854h
11May2016... 1858h 16-2832
06/01/2016 2115EBA 03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT relative to reporting by political committees, reports of the death of voters, and agreements to share voter information with other states.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
270:1 Reporting by Political Committees. Amend RSA 664:6, I to read as follows:
I. Any political committee whose receipts or expenditures exceed $500 [except, for the purposes of this paragraph only, the political committee of a political party or the political committee of a candidate,] shall file with the secretary of state an itemized statement in the form prescribed by the secretary of state, signed by its chairman and treasurer showing each of its receipts exceeding $25 with the full name and postal address of the contributor in alphabetical order and the amount of the contribution, the date it was received, and the aggregate total for each election for each contributor of over $100. [The statement] Statements shall be filed not later than the first Wednesday in June and December after the state general election and before the filing deadline established in RSA 655:14, after which statements shall be filed no later than the Wednesday 12 weeks immediately preceding a primary election, before 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and shall cover the period from the day of the committee registration up to and including the Monday before the statement is due. All receipts of $25 or under shall appear on the statements as unitemized receipts. Any listing that exceeds an individual's aggregate total of $100 for each election shall be accompanied by the contributor's occupation including official job title, the name of the contributor's employer, and the city or town of the contributor's principal place of business, if any. The statement shall also show each committee expenditure exceeding $25 with the full name and postal address of the payee or promise of payment, the date paid or obligated, and the election for which the expenditure was made, with the specific nature and amount of each expenditure since the date of the registration.
270:2 New Paragraphs; Registrar of Vital Records; Duties. Amend RSA 5-C:4 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraphs:
IV. The secretary of state shall compare information contained on each death record received by the division of vital records with information contained in the statewide centralized voter registration database and submit to the state registrar a list of every city or town that has a registered voter matching the decedent's information.
V. Upon receipt of a death record, the state registrar shall transmit notice of the death to the clerk of the city or town of residence of the decedent and to each city or town listed by the secretary of state for the decedent pursuant to paragraph IV.
270:3 Checklists; Reports of Death. Amend RSA 654:37 to read as follows:
654:37 Reports of Death. Whenever there is filed in the office of the clerk an official notice of the death of any person or persons of the age of 18 years or over or the clerk receives notice of a death record of such person or persons under RSA 5-C:4, V, the town or city clerk shall notify the supervisors of the checklist of said deaths by submitting a notice of same to the supervisors at their next regular meeting. Upon receipt of such notice, the supervisors shall examine the checklist; and, if the name of said deceased person appears thereon, it shall be removed. The notice shall be retained in accordance with RSA 33-A:3-a. Any supervisor who shall neglect or refuse to erase the name of such deceased voter from the checklist after receiving such notice from the town or city clerk shall be guilty of a violation.
270:4 New Paragraph; Centralized Voter Registration Database; Agreements to Share Voter Information or Data with Other States. Amend RSA 654:45 by inserting after paragraph VII the following new paragraph:
VIII. The secretary of state may enter into an agreement to share voter information or data from the statewide centralized voter registration database for the purpose of comparing duplicate voter information with other states or groups of states. The secretary of state shall only provide information that is necessary for matching duplicate voter information with other states and shall take precautions to make sure that information in the database is secure in a manner consistent with RSA 654:45, VI. The secretary of state may solicit input from the department of safety and the department of information technology and shall ensure that any information or data shared between the agencies that is of a confidential nature remains confidential.
270:5 Contingency. If HB 1482 of the 2016 regular legislative session becomes law, then RSA 654:45, VIII as inserted by section 4 of this act shall be renumbered as RSA 654:45, IX.
I. Section 1 of this act shall take effect January 1, 2017.
II. Sections 2-3 of this act shall take effect July 1, 2017.
III. The remainder of this act shall take effect 10 days after its passage.
Approved: June 16, 2016
Effective Date: I. Section 1 shall take effect January 1, 2017
II. Sections2-3 shall take effect July 1, 2017
III. Remainder shall take effect June 26, 2016
