CHAPTER 231
SB 112 – FINAL VERSION
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2013 SESSION
10/04
SENATE BILL 112
AN ACT relative to voters’ guides for proposed constitutional amendments.
SPONSORS: Sen. Bragdon, Dist 11
COMMITTEE: Rules, Enrolled Bills and Internal Affairs
This bill provides that a legislative constitutional amendment concurrent resolution (CACR) or a constitutional convention resolution proposing a constitutional amendment shall have the text of the language for the voter’s guide, if any, included as part of the resolution.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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10/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen
AN ACT relative to voters’ guides for proposed constitutional amendments.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
231:1 Constitutional Amendments; Voter’s Guides. Amend RSA 663:3-a to read as follows:
663:3-a Voter’s Guides.
I. If the general court proposes the constitutional amendment, the text of the statement for the voter’s guide, if any, shall be included in the resolution proposing the constitutional amendment. The joint committee on legislative facilities may authorize the printing or distribution of [a] the voter’s guide. [Distribution of the voter’s guide shall not take place until its text has been reviewed and approved by the house and senate policy committees which considered the proposed constitutional amendment.]
II. If the constitutional convention proposes the constitutional amendment, the text of the statement for the voter’s guide, if any, shall be included in the resolution proposing the constitutional amendment.
231:2 Constitutional Amendment; Form of Ballot. Amend RSA 663:3 to read as follows:
663:3 Form of Ballot. The following words shall be printed above the constitutional amendment questions on all ballots containing such questions: “Questions Relating to Constitutional Amendments Proposed by the Convention to Revise the Constitution” or “Questions Relating to Constitutional Amendments Proposed by the Legislature to Revise the Constitution,” whichever is appropriate. A constitutional question shall include, in the text of the question, the text of the article of the constitution as it is proposed to be amended, and the results of the vote taken on ordering the proposed amendment to third reading in both the senate and the house of representatives or at the constitutional convention, whichever is appropriate.
231:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: July 15, 2013
Effective Date: September 13, 2013