Bill Text: NH SB328 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to the procedure for filling a vacancy on a cooperative school board.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-06-18 - Senate Signed by the Governor on 06/18/2012; Chapter 0239; Effective 08/17/2012 [SB328 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2012-SB328-Introduced.html
SB 328 – AS INTRODUCED
2012 SESSION
03/04
SENATE BILL 328
AN ACT relative to the procedure for filling a vacancy on a cooperative school board.
SPONSORS: Sen. Bragdon, Dist 11
This bill modifies the procedure for filling a vacancy on a cooperative school board.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
12-3026
03/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
AN ACT relative to the procedure for filling a vacancy on a cooperative school board.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 School Districts; Vacancies. Amend RSA 671:33 to read as follows:
671:33 Vacancies.
I. Vacancies among members of cooperative or area school planning committees shall be filled by the moderator for the unexpired term.
II.(a) The school board shall fill vacancies occurring on the school board, except as provided in subparagraph (b), and in all other district offices for which no other method of filling a vacancy is provided. Appointees of the school board shall serve until the next district election when the voters of the district shall elect a replacement for the unexpired term. In the case of a vacancy of the entire membership of the school board, or if the remaining members are unable, by majority vote, to agree upon an appointment, the selectmen of the town or towns involved shall appoint members by majority vote in convention.
(b) In a cooperative school district, the remaining school board members representing the same town or towns as the departed member shall fill a vacancy on the school board, provided that there are at least 2 such members. If there are less than 2 remaining members on the cooperative school board representing the same town or towns as the departed member, or if the remaining members are unable, by majority vote, to agree upon an appointment, the selectmen of the town or towns involved shall fill the vacancy by majority vote in convention. A member appointed to fill a vacancy under this subparagraph shall serve until the next district election when the voters of the district shall elect a replacement for the unexpired term.
III. Vacancies in the office of moderator shall be filled by vote at a school meeting or election, provided that, until a replacement is chosen, the school district clerk shall serve as moderator.
IV. Vacancies occurring on the budget committee of a cooperative school district shall be filled by appointment made within 5 days by the budget committee, or by the chairperson of the cooperative school board if the vacancy is that of a member appointed from the school board.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
