HB 1543 – AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
5Mar2014… 0117h
05/01/14 1535s
2014 SESSION
03/06
HOUSE BILL 1543
AN ACT relative to filing for state representative special elections.
SPONSORS: Rep. Levesque, Hills 26; Rep. J. Belanger, Hills 27; Rep. Fields, Belk 4; Rep. Perry, Straf 3; Sen. Gilmour, Dist 12
This bill clarifies the filing period for state representative special elections.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
5Mar2014… 0117h
05/01/14 1535s
14-2504
03/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen
AN ACT relative to filing for state representative special elections.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Vacancy; State Representative. Amend RSA 661:8, III to read as follows:
III. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph II, if a vacancy occurs in the office of state representative in a district comprised of a city ward or wards, a request to hold the primary and special elections on the same dates as the city’s biennial primary and regular elections may be submitted to the governor and council by the governing body of the city. If so requested, the governor and council shall declare the vacancy not less than 56 days prior to the date of the city’s primary election. [The filing period shall be held not more than 50 days nor less than 43 days prior to the primary election.] The filing period shall start on the Monday following the date on which the governor and council declare that there shall be a special election and shall end at 5:00 p.m. on the Friday of that week. The provisions of RSA 655:81, III, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, and XI shall apply to elections held pursuant to this paragraph.
2 Repeal. RSA 659:46, relative to delivery of absentee ballots to moderator, is repealed.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.