CHAPTER 57
SB 16 – FINAL VERSION
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2011 SESSION
06/03
SENATE BILL 16
AN ACT relative to the placement of numerical tallies on a ballot.
SPONSORS: Sen. Barnes, Jr., Dist 17; Sen. Boutin, Dist 16; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Forsythe, Dist 4; Sen. Gallus, Dist 1; Sen. Lambert, Dist 13; Sen. Merrill, Dist 21; Sen. Odell, Dist 8; Sen. Prescott, Dist 23; Sen. Stiles, Dist 24; Sen. White, Dist 9; Rep. Hoelzel, Rock 2; Rep. Major, Rock 8; Rep. Duarte, Rock 1; Rep. Jasper, Hills 27; Rep. Chandler, Carr 1
COMMITTEE: Public and Municipal Affairs
This bill permits towns to place the tallies of certain votes of an advisory budget committee, a town budget committee, and the governing body on the ballot next to the affected ballot question.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01/19/11 0014s
30Mar2011… 0561h
11-0200
06/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
AN ACT relative to the placement of numerical tallies on a ballot.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
57:1 Use of Official Ballot. Amend RSA 40:13, V-a to read as follows:
V-a. Any town may vote to require that all votes by an advisory budget committee, a town budget committee, and the governing body or, in towns without a budget committee, all votes of the governing body relative to budget items or any warrant articles or ballot questions shall be recorded votes and the numerical tally of any such vote shall be printed in the town warrant next to the affected warrant article or on the ballot next to the affected ballot question. If a town has not voted to require such tallies to be printed in the town warrant next to the affected warrant article or on the ballot next to the affected ballot question, the governing body may do so on its own initiative.
57:2 Tallies on Ballot Permitted. Any ballot vote that includes a tally shall be valid, notwithstanding the fact that the vote occurred prior to the effective date of this act.
57:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: May 9, 2011
Effective Date: May 9, 2011