HB 70  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2023 SESSION

23-0265

02/10

 

HOUSE BILL 70

 

AN ACT relative to residency requirements for deputy town clerks.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Adjutant, Graf. 16

 

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill authorizes individuals to serve as deputy town clerk regardless of whether they are domiciled in the municipality.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

23-0265

02/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

 

AN ACT relative to residency requirements for deputy town clerks.

 

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

 

1  Town Officers; Deputy Town Clerk.  Amend RSA 41:18 to read as follows:

41:18 Deputy Town Clerk. Each town may have a deputy town clerk who shall be qualified in the same manner as the town clerk, except that the deputy town clerk need not have his or her domicile in the town, and who shall perform all the duties of the town clerk in case of his or her absence by sickness, resignation, or otherwise subject to the provisions of RSA 669:65. A deputy town clerk appointed hereunder shall be appointed by the elected town clerk with the approval of the selectmen.

2  Town Clerk.  Amend RSA 669:65 to read as follows:

669:65 Town Clerk.  Vacancies in the office of town clerk shall be filled by appointment made by the selectmen except in towns in which pursuant to RSA 41:18 the selectmen have previously appointed a deputy town clerk, in which case the deputy shall serve as town clerk until the next annual town election, unless the deputy does not have his or her domicile in the town, in which case the vacancy [shall] may be filled by appointment made by the selectmen.

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