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NH HB488
Bill
Status
1/15/2026
Primary Sponsor
Walter Spilsbury
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AI Summary
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Prohibits individuals from simultaneously holding certain incompatible municipal offices, including combinations of selectman, treasurer, moderator, trustee of trust funds, tax collector, auditor, highway agent, and full-time police chief
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Bars full-time municipal employees and department heads from serving as selectmen, on planning boards (except as expressly allowed), or on any budget or finance-related boards of the same municipality
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Prevents town clerks from holding other elected or appointed offices except tax collector or deputy tax collector, and bars selectmen from also serving on school boards or boards of assessors in the same town
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Prohibits municipal employees who provide support for local land use boards from serving on those same boards
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Allows current officeholders with newly conflicting positions to remain until the next elections are held, with alternates treated the same as full members for conflict purposes
Legislative Description
Relative to limiting conflicts of interest and concentrations of power for municipalboard and committee members.
Last Action
Hearing: 03/10/2026, Room 122-123, State House, 09:30 am; Senate Calendar 9
3/4/2026