Bill Text: NH HB325 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Permitting certain towns to appoint a town clerk.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-08 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 03/08/2017 House Journal 9 P. 41 [HB325 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2017-HB325-Introduced.html
HB 325 - AS INTRODUCED
2017 SESSION
17-0563
06/03
HOUSE BILL 325
AN ACT permitting certain towns to appoint a town clerk.
SPONSORS: Rep. Murphy, Hills. 7
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
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ANALYSIS
This bill permits towns that have adopted a charter form of government to appoint a town clerk.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
17-0563
06/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT permitting certain towns to appoint a town clerk.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Town Officers; Town Clerk. Amend RSA 41:16 to read as follows:
41:16 Election and Bond. Every town, except those towns that appoint a town clerk under RSA 41:16-d, at the annual meeting shall choose, by ballot, a town clerk, who shall record all votes passed by the town while he or she remains in office, and discharge all the duties of the office according to law.
2 New Section; Appointed Town Clerk. Amend RSA 41 by inserting after section 16-c the following new section:
41:16-d Appointed Town Clerk. Any town that has adopted a charter under RSA 49-B may provide in such charter for the appointment, rather than the election, of the town clerk.
3 Election by Ballot; Town Clerk. Amend RSA 669:15, IV to read as follows:
IV. Town clerk (RSA 41:16 through 16-b), unless provision has been made for appointment pursuant to RSA 41:16-d.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
