Bill Text: NH HB1259 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to the election and resignation of members of school boards and elected budget committees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-16 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 03/15/2022 House Journal 6 [HB1259 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2022-HB1259-Introduced.html
HB 1259 - AS INTRODUCED
2022 SESSION
22-2296
10/05
HOUSE BILL 1259
AN ACT relative to the election and resignation of members of school boards and elected budget committees.
SPONSORS: Rep. Notter, Hills. 21; Rep. Post, Hills. 4; Rep. Potucek, Rock. 6; Rep. Harley, Rock. 20
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
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ANALYSIS
This bill provides for the replacement of elected budget committee members and school board members following a resignation of a member.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
22-2296
10/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT relative to the election and resignation of members of school boards and elected budget committees.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Elected Budget Committee; Resignations; Replacement. Amend RSA 32:15 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:
III-a. For an elected budget committee, if a member resigns, the moderator shall accept the resignation and declare the vacancy within 10 days of the resignation and a replacement shall be elected or appointed as provided in paragraph III, provided that if the resignation occurs with 90 days after a budget committee election the moderator shall appoint the person who received the next highest number of votes in the budget committee election where the member resigning was elected. If a seat on the budget committee becomes vacant during the filing period for a budget committee election, the replacement for such vacancy shall be added to the ballot for budget committee election.
2 Post-Election Procedure; School Boards; Vacancies. Amend RSA 671:33, V to read as follows:
V. Any vacancy which occurs between the [beginning] end of the filing period and the district election shall not be filled by official ballot until the annual district election the following year. Provided that if a school board member resigns, the remaining members of the board shall accept the resignation and declare the vacancy within 10 days of the resignation and a replacement shall be elected or appointed as provided in this chapter, provided also that if the resignation occurs within 90 days after a school board member election the school board shall appoint the person who received the second highest number of votes in the school district election where the member resigning was elected.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
