Bill Text: NH HB1340 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to absences among officers required to be present at school district elections.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2018-06-12 - Signed by Governor Sununu 06/08/2018; Chapter 178; Eff. 8/7/2018 [HB1340 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2018-HB1340-Introduced.html
HB 1340 - AS INTRODUCED
2018 SESSION
18-2242
03/04
HOUSE BILL 1340
AN ACT relative to absences among officers required to be present at school district elections.
SPONSORS: Rep. Irwin, Sull. 6; Rep. Grenier, Sull. 7; Rep. Ebel, Merr. 5; Rep. Massimilla, Graf. 1
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
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ANALYSIS
This bill adds school board members to the definition of election officers and authorizes the appointment of a school board member pro tem.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
18-2242
03/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT relative to absences among officers required to be present at school district elections.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Election Officer; School Board Member. Amend RSA 652:14 to read as follows:
652:14 Election Officer. "Election officer'' shall mean any moderator, deputy moderator, assistant moderator, town clerk, deputy town clerk, city clerk, deputy city clerk, ward clerk, selectman, school board member, supervisor of the checklist, registrar, or deputy registrar.
2 New Section; Absences Among Election Officers; School Board Member Pro Tem. Amend RSA 658 by inserting after section 21-a the following new section:
658:21-b School Board Member Pro Tem. If a school board member is absent from or unable to perform his or her duties for all or any part of the day at any school district election, the school board member is authorized to appoint a school board member pro tem to perform his or her duties. If one or more school board members are absent or unable to perform their duties and have not appointed school board members pro tem, or if a school board member pro tem is absent or unable to perform his or her duties for all or any part of the day, the moderator is authorized to appoint school board members pro tem to perform their duties.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
