SB 146  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2023 SESSION

23-0813

08/10

 

SENATE BILL 146

 

AN ACT relative to the agricultural advisory board.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Innis, Dist 7; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Rep. Moffett, Merr. 4; Rep. Aron, Sull. 4; Rep. Bixby, Straf. 13

 

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill removes certain requirements for the terms of members of the agricultural advisory 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

23-0813

08/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

 

AN ACT relative to the agricultural advisory board.

 

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

 

1  Advisory Board; Initial Term Instructions.  Amend RSA 425:22, II to read as follows:

II. The term of office of members of the board shall be 5 years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term only.[ However, beginning July 1, 2001, the terms of 2 members representing agriculture as provided in subparagraph I(a) and one member representing the industry interests as provided in subparagraphs I(b)-(f) shall expire each year. Initial terms for members representing agriculture shall expire in the year as follows: Belknap and Sullivan counties, 2002; Carroll and Strafford counties, 2003; Cheshire and Rockingham counties, 2004; Coos and Merrimack counties, 2005; and Grafton and Hillsborough counties, 2006. Initial terms for members representing industry interests shall expire in the year as follows: petroleum, 2002; food retailing, 2003; advertising, 2004; food distribution, 2005; and consumer, 2006. No board member shall be eligible for successive reappointment after 2004.] Appointments to the board shall be made by the governor with the advice and consent of the council on the basis of extensive experience and demonstrated ability and on a nonpartisan basis.

2  New Paragraph; Agricultural Advisory Board.  Amend RSA 425:22 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:

VI.  A majority of the seated membership plus one shall constitute a quorum of the board.

3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.