CHAPTER 4

HB 32 – FINAL VERSION

2011 SESSION

11-0049

06/09

HOUSE BILL 32

AN ACT relative to statutory references to the choice and duties of town auditors.

SPONSORS: Rep. Cooney, Graf 7; Rep. Hatch, Coos 3; Rep. B. Patten, Carr 4

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

ANALYSIS

This bill deletes 2 references to a repealed section of the RSA relative to town auditors.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

11-0049

06/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT relative to statutory references to the choice and duties of town auditors.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

4:1 Choice and Duties of Town Officers; Election. Amend RSA 41:32-a to read as follows:

41:32-a Election. Any town may, under an article in the warrant for the annual town meeting vote to elect a board of 2 or more auditors for the terms as herein provided. The terms of office shall be staggered so that after the year of adoption one auditor shall be chosen for a term of office for the same number of years as there are auditors on the board, provided however that in the year of adoption the members of the board shall be chosen for varying terms so that the term of one member shall expire in the next succeeding year, the term of the second member, the next year, and so on for the number of years, as there are members on the board. [The board of auditors shall perform the duties set forth for auditor in RSA 41:31.] If a town has adopted an official ballot for the election of its officers the election of a board of auditors shall not take place until the annual town meeting following the town meeting at which the provisions of this section are adopted.

4:2 Repeal. RSA 669:16, VI-a, relative to town auditor, is repealed.

4:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: April 25, 2011

Effective Date: April 25, 2011