HB 151 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

 

26Mar2025... 0580h

05/22/2025   2260s

 

2025 SESSION

25-0202

07/08

 

HOUSE BILL 151

 

AN ACT relative to the term for supervisors of the checklist.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Berezhny, Graf. 11; Rep. Alexander Jr., Hills. 29; Rep. Kuttab, Rock. 17; Rep. Osborne, Rock. 2; Rep. Prudhomme-O'Brien, Rock. 13

 

COMMITTEE: Election Law

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill allows terms for supervisors of the checklists to be changed by a local legislative body.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

26Mar2025... 0580h

05/22/2025   2260s 25-0202

07/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

 

AN ACT relative to the term for supervisors of the checklist.

 

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

 

1  Choice and Duties of Town Officers; Election of Supervisors of the Checklist; Changing Term.  Amend RSA 41:46-a to read as follows:

41:46-a  Election of Supervisors of the Checklist.  The board of supervisors of the checklist shall consist of 3 legal voters of the town.  At the annual town election held in every even numbered year, the voters of each town shall elect, by ballot, one supervisor for a term of 6 years, provided that the supervisor elected at the state general election in 1974 shall serve until the annual town election in 1980, and that the supervisor elected at the state general election in 1976 shall serve until the annual town election in 1982.  A city or town's legislative body may adopt a 3-year term for supervisors of the checklist, electing one each year over a 3 year cycle.

2  Election of Supervisors of the Checklist; Changing Term; Applicability.  The changes in terms of supervisors of the checklist established by this act shall not affect constituencies or terms of office of supervisors of the checklist presently in office. If there shall be a vacancy in a supervisor of the checklist position for any reason prior to the 2026 annual town election, the vacancy shall be filled as provided in law for supervisors of the checklist that existed for the 2025 annual town election.

3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.