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Statutes > New-hampshire > TITLEIII > CHAPTER49-B > 49-B-6The method of voting at municipal elections when a question relating to a charter revision, a charter adoption or a charter amendment is involved shall be in the manner prescribed for municipal elections.
I. In the case of a charter revision or a charter adoption the question to be submitted to the voters shall include a summary which explains both the current form of government utilized by the municipality as well as the changes in that form of government which will occur if the charter revision or charter adoption question is approved by the voters. The question to be submitted to the voters shall be in substance as follows:
""Shall the municipality approve the (charter revision) (new charter) recommended by the charter commission?''
II. In the case of a charter amendment the question to be submitted to the voters shall be in substance as follows:
""Shall the municipality approve the charter amendment reprinted (summarized) below?''
III. Voter Information.
(a) In the case of a charter revision or charter adoption, at least 2 weeks prior to the date of the election the municipal officers shall cause the final report of the charter commission to be printed, shall make copies available to the voters in the clerk's office and shall post the report in the same manner that proposed ordinances are posted.
(b) In the case of a charter amendment, at least 2 weeks prior to the date of the election, the municipal officers shall cause the proposed amendment and any summary thereof to be printed, shall make copies available to the voters in the clerk's office and shall post the amendment and any summary thereof in the same manner that proposed ordinances are posted.
IV. If a majority of the ballots cast on any question under paragraph I or II favor acceptance, the new charter, charter revision or charter amendment becomes effective as provided in subparagraph (a) or (b).
(a) Charter revisions, new charters, or revocations of a charter adopted by the voters shall become effective immediately for the purpose of conducting necessary elections; otherwise charter revisions, new charters, and revocations of charters become effective on the first day of the next succeeding municipal year or as specified in any transition provisions of the charter.
(b) Charter amendments adopted by the voters shall become effective on the first day of the next succeeding municipal year or on a date determined by the municipal officers, whichever occurs first.
Source. 1979, 241:1. 1983, 34:1. 1985, 128:1. 1991, 304:9, eff. Aug. 23, 1991.
