Bill Text: NH HB1296 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requiring the legislative body to approve the appointment of town managers and prohibiting town managers from hiring contractors to perform the duties of town managers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-09 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 03/09/2016 House Journal 23 P. 55 [HB1296 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2016-HB1296-Introduced.html
HB 1296 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
16-2317
06/09
HOUSE BILL 1296
AN ACT requiring the legislative body to approve the appointment of town managers and prohibiting town managers from hiring contractors to perform the duties of town managers.
SPONSORS: Rep. Marple, Merr. 24; Rep. L. Christiansen, Hills. 37; Rep. McClarren, Hills. 29
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires the appointment of town managers to be approved by the legislative body.
This bill also prohibits town managers from hiring independent contractors to perform their duties.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
16-2317
06/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT requiring the legislative body to approve the appointment of town managers and prohibiting town managers from hiring contractors to perform the duties of town managers.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Town Managers; Appointment. Amend RSA 37:2 to read as follows:
37:2 Appointment of Manager. The selectmen of towns adopting the provisions of this chapter, as herein provided, shall forthwith thereafter appoint a town manager, to be approved by the legislative body, who may or may not, when appointed, be a resident of the town or state.
2 New Section; Hiring of Certain Independent Contractors Prohibited. Amend RSA 37 by inserting after section 7 the following new section:
37:7-a Hiring of Certain Independent Contractors Prohibited. No town manager shall hire any contractor to perform the duties he or she is required to perform under RSA 37:6 or RSA 37:7.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
