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NH Rev Stat § 49-B:8-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 49-B - Home Rule-Municipal Charters|Section 49-B:8-a - Repealed by 1991, 304:15, eff. Aug. 23, 1991.

    49-B:8-a Repealed by 1991, 304:15, eff. Aug. 23, 1991. –|
NH Rev Stat § 49-B:8-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 49-B - Home Rule-Municipal Charters|Section 49-B:8-b - Powers of Representative Town Meeting [Omitted].

    49-B:8-b Powers of Representative Town Meeting [Omitted]. –|
NH Rev Stat § 49-B:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 49-B - Home Rule-Municipal Charters|Section 49-B:9 - Private, Special, and General Laws.

    49-B:9 Private, Special, and General Laws. –||Private and special laws applying to a specific municipality and general laws which a municipality has the option to adopt or rescind shall continue in force and effect unless specifically repealed by a charter adoption, revision, or amendment under this chapter.|||Source. 1979, 241:1. 1988, 223:11, eff. June 29, 1988.|
NH Rev Stat § 49-B:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 49-B - Home Rule-Municipal Charters|Section 49-B:10 - Judicial Review.

    49-B:10 Judicial Review. –||I. The superior court may, upon petition of 10 voters of the municipality or on petition of the attorney general, enforce this chapter.||II. A petition for declaratory relief may be brought on behalf of the public by the attorney general or, by leave of the court, by 10 voters of the municipality. In the case of petition of 10 voters, the attorney general shall be served with notice of the preliminary petition for leave, and may intervene as a party at any stage of the proceedings; and the petitioners shall be liable for, but may in the court's discretion also be awarded costs, which may include reasonable attorney's fees.||III. Judicial review to determine the validity of the procedures whereby any charter is adopted, revised or amended may be had by petition of 10 voters of the municipality brought within 30 days after the election at which such charter, revision or amendment is approved. If no such petition is filed within such period, compliance with all the procedures required by this chapter and the validity of the manner in which such charter adoption, revision or amendment was approved shall be conclusively presumed. No charter adoption, revision or amendment shall be deemed invalid on account of any procedural error or omission unless it is shown that the error or omission materially and substantially affected such adoption, revision or amendments.||IV. Any municipality aggrieved by the decision of the secretary of state, the attorney general, or the commissioner of the department of revenue administration under RSA 49-B:4-a may seek review by way of appeal in superior court to determine the lawfulness of the decision. The clerk shall schedule a hearing on any such appeal within 10 days of the filing of such petition.|||Source. 1979, 241:1. 1988, 223:10, eff. June 29, 1988. 2014, 292:4, eff. Sept. 30, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 49-B:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 49-B - Home Rule-Municipal Charters|Section 49-B:11 - Repealed by 1988, 223:14, eff. June 29, 1988.

    49-B:11 Repealed by 1988, 223:14, eff. June 29, 1988. –|
NH Rev Stat § 49-B:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 49-B - Home Rule-Municipal Charters|Section 49-B:12 - Return to Former Form of Government.

    49-B:12 Return to Former Form of Government. –||I. Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, any town, through the petition procedure in RSA 49-B, may repeal its charter and return to its former form of government without establishing a charter commission.||II. The question of whether the town should repeal its charter and return to its former form of government shall be put to the voters in the same manner as an amendment to a charter, under RSA 49-B:5.|||Source. 1991, 304:10, eff. Aug. 23, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 49-B:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 49-B - Home Rule-Municipal Charters|Section 49-B:13 - Separability; Preservation.

    49-B:13 Separability;  Preservation. –||I. The provisions of this chapter and of charters created under this chapter are separable. If any portion of this chapter, or of any charter adopted under the provisions of this chapter, or if the application of the chapter or such charter to any person or circumstance shall be invalid, the remainder of the chapter or such charter or the application of such invalid portions to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected by such invalidation.||II. All town and city charters which have been adopted, revised, or amended; all charter commissions which have been properly established and elected; all elections properly held; and actions properly taken pursuant to such charters are hereby legalized, provided that such charters at the time of their adoption were not contrary to the general laws and constitution of the state.||II-a. Notwithstanding RSA 49-B:1, all town or city charters which have been adopted, revised, or amended before July 5, 2011 to include a tax or spending cap of any kind and all charter commissions which have been properly established and elected; all elections properly held; and all actions properly taken related to the tax or spending cap in such charters are hereby endorsed, ratified, validated, and legalized and are fully enforceable.||III. RSA 32 shall not apply to a municipality adopting, revising, or amending a charter under RSA 49-C or RSA 49-D unless that municipality adopts a budgetary town meeting, official ballot town meeting, an official ballot town council, or representative town meeting pursuant to RSA 49-D:3, I-a, II, II-a and III. Except that a municipality may adopt a tax cap as provided in RSA 49-C:33, I(d) or RSA 49-D:3, I(e), notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 32:5-b and RSA 32:5-c.|||Source. 1991, 304:10. 1993, 332:4. 2008, 243:2. 2011, 234:7, eff. July 5, 2011. 2021, 88:1, eff. Aug. 20, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 49-B:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 49-B - Home Rule-Municipal Charters|Section 49-B:14 - Repealed by 2010, 213:2, II, eff. Nov. 8, 2011.

    49-B:14 Repealed by 2010, 213:2, II, eff. Nov. 8, 2011. –|
NH Rev Stat § 49-B:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 49-B - Home Rule-Municipal Charters|Section 49-B:15 - Manchester School District; Charter Commission Established.

    49-B:15 Manchester School District;  Charter Commission Established. –||I. A charter commission shall be established to develop a local procedure, which does not require the approval of the legislature, to revise, amend, or replace the Manchester school district charter, established in 1846 as amended in 1848, as amended by chapter 301 of the 1909 Laws of New Hampshire, as amended by chapter 323 of the 1909 Laws of New Hampshire, as amended by chapter 249 of the 1915 Laws of New Hampshire, as amended by chapter 302 of the 1915 Laws of New Hampshire, as amended by chapter 52 of the 1972 Laws of New Hampshire. The charter commission shall submit its recommendations for a procedure to revise, amend, or replace the Manchester school district charter in the form of a ballot question to the Manchester school district voters for a vote at the November 2020 regular election. If the ballot question is approved then the Manchester school district charter shall be revised, amended, or replaced in accordance with the local procedure approved by the school district voters and, effective on the date the ballot question is approved, the Manchester school district shall be solely responsible for revising, amending, or replacing the charter.||II. (a) The charter commission shall consist of 9 members who shall be registered voters of the Manchester school district, and who shall run without party designation.||(b) The election of charter commission members shall be held in conjunction with the regular November elections in 2019 in accordance with RSA 49-B:4.||III. The charter commission shall have all the powers and duties of a charter commission established pursuant to this chapter and shall comply with the provisions of this chapter, except as otherwise indicated in this section.|||Source. 2019, 174:1, eff. July 10, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 49-C:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 49-C - Local Option-City Charters|Section 49-C:1 - Purpose.

    49-C:1 Purpose. –||The purpose of this chapter shall be to implement part I, article 39 of the New Hampshire constitution enabling municipalities to draft city charters within the framework of the statute without the need for creating special charters by action of the general court.|||Source. 1991, 304:11, eff. Aug. 23, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 49-C:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 49-C - Local Option-City Charters|Section 49-C:2 - Incorporation.

    49-C:2 Incorporation. –||The inhabitants of any municipality adopting a city charter under this charter shall continue to be a body politic and corporate under its pre-existing name and as such to enjoy all the rights, immunities, powers and privileges and be subject to all duties and liabilities now incumbent upon them as a municipal corporation. All existing property of the municipality shall remain vested in it and all its existing debts and obligations shall remain obligatory upon it after the adoption of a charter under this chapter.|||Source. 1991, 304:11, eff. Aug. 23, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 49-C:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 49-C - Local Option-City Charters|Section 49-C:3 - Wards.

    49-C:3 Wards. –||The city shall continue to be divided into the same number of wards as constituted at the time of the adoption of a charter hereunder, and the general laws relative to wards of cities, officers of such wards and voters, checklists, elections and jurors shall be applicable to such wards.|||Source. 1991, 304:11, eff. Aug. 23, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 49-C:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 49-C - Local Option-City Charters|Section 49-C:4 - Conduct of Elections.

    49-C:4 Conduct of Elections. –||The election officers in each ward whose duty it is to conduct regular biennial elections shall conduct a municipal election at city expense in the same manner as a regular biennial election on a date permitted for city elections in RSA 44:11 and specified in the charter to elect all elected officials provided for in the charter. The supervisors of the checklist in each ward shall fix the polling place in each ward and give notice of the polling place when the checklist for the municipal election is first posted.|||Source. 1991, 304:11, eff. Aug. 23, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 49-C:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 49-C - Local Option-City Charters|Section 49-C:5 - Qualification of Voters.

    49-C:5 Qualification of Voters. –||Persons who would be qualified to vote in a biennial election if held on the day of such municipal election shall be qualified to vote in all elections held pursuant to this chapter, and all such elections shall be deemed elections within the meaning of all general statutes, penal and otherwise, and said statutes shall apply to municipal elections so far as consistent with this chapter. The polls shall be open at each municipal election during such hours as the charter may provide, consistent with state election laws.|||Source. 1991, 304:11, eff. Aug. 23, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 49-C:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 49-C - Local Option-City Charters|Section 49-C:6 - Preparation of Ballots.

    49-C:6 Preparation of Ballots. –||The city clerk shall prepare the ballots to be used at the municipal elections. Under charters providing for election by the Australian ballot system, the ballots shall be prepared in accordance with the procedure provided for in general election laws governing such system. Under charters providing for non-partisan elections, the ballot shall contain the names in alphabetical order by surname according to the alphabetization procedure established in RSA 656:5-a, without party designation, of all who file with the city clerk as candidates for elective office. The charter shall specify a filing period, the filing fee to be paid for each office, and, as an alternative method of becoming a candidate on the ballot, the number of qualified voters which may be subscribed to a nominating petition in such form as the charter may set out.|||Source. 1991, 304:11. 2010, 330:1, eff. July 20, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 49-C:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 49-C - Local Option-City Charters|Section 49-C:7 - Contested Elections.

    49-C:7 Contested Elections. –||Any election contest shall be resolved in accordance with the procedure set forth in the general election laws governing biennial elections.|||Source. 1991, 304:11, eff. Aug. 23, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 49-C:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 49-C - Local Option-City Charters|Section 49-C:8 - The Elected Body.

    49-C:8 The Elected Body. –||The governing and legislative body under the mayor-aldermen plan shall be a principal officer called the mayor and a board of aldermen; and, under the council-manager plan shall be a city council, all of whom shall be elected. In the mayor-aldermen plan the mayor shall be elected from the city-at-large. In the council-manager plan, the charter shall provide for the election of the mayor-at-large or the selection by the council of one of its own members to serve as mayor. Under either plan, the charter may provide for selection by the elected body of one of its own members to serve as a designated official in the stead of the mayor and shall designate this position by the title vice-mayor, assistant mayor, mayor pro tem or other similar term. Terms of elected officials, the date of commencement, and termination of office and ward and at-large representation shall be set forth in the charter.|||Source. 1991, 304:11, eff. Aug. 23, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 49-C:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 49-C - Local Option-City Charters|Section 49-C:9 - Qualifications for Office.

    49-C:9 Qualifications for Office. –||No person shall be a candidate for the office of mayor, councilor-at-large, or alderman-at-large who is not a registered voter of the city. No person shall be a candidate for the office of ward alderman or ward councilor who is not a registered voter in the ward in which he or she seeks election. The charter may require a period of domicile of up to one year for eligibility to run for office.|||Source. 1991, 304:11. 2003, 289:11, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 49-C:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 49-C - Local Option-City Charters|Section 49-C:10 - Vacancies.

    49-C:10 Vacancies. –||The charter shall provide a procedure for filling vacancies in the offices of mayor, aldermen, and councilors until the next municipal or state general election at which time an election shall be held for the unexpired term.|||Source. 1991, 304:11, eff. Aug. 23, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 49-C:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 49-C - Local Option-City Charters|Section 49-C:11 - Compensation.

    49-C:11 Compensation. –||In the mayor-aldermen plan, the mayor shall devote full time to mayoral duties and shall receive such salary as may be designated by the charter, or by ordinance if the charter so authorizes. In the council-manager plan, the mayor shall not be full-time as to the daily administrative responsibility, and authority for city operations shall be vested in the city manager. The aldermen or councilors shall be compensated in an amount not to exceed in aggregate a sum fixed by the charter, or by ordinance if the charter so authorizes.|||Source. 1991, 304:11, eff. Aug. 23, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 49-C:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 49-C - Local Option-City Charters|Section 49-C:12 - Meetings.

    49-C:12 Meetings. –||I. The mayor shall preside over all meetings of the elected body, and the city clerk shall act as a clerk of the body. All meetings of the elected body shall be public in accordance with RSA 91-A. Regular meetings shall be held at such hours on such days of the week, at such intervals, as the charter may designate and special meetings upon such notice as is required in the charter. The elected body shall establish its own rules, and a majority shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of the board. The mayor shall have the right to introduce bills and initiate other measures at the meetings and to speak at meetings upon pending measures without resigning the chair. In cases where the mayor is directly elected, the mayor shall not be counted to make a quorum of such board, nor vote as a member of the board except in case of equal division.||II. Notwithstanding paragraph I, a city may, pursuant to the procedures for adoption of charter amendments and submission to the voters under RSA 49-B:5 and 49-B:6, vote to allow the mayor to vote and be counted for purposes of a quorum at meetings of the city council, despite such mayor having been directly elected.||III. Notwithstanding any contrary provision in paragraph I, the adoption of an override threshold provision to a tax cap included in a charter pursuant to RSA 49-C:33, I(d) shall provide for a supermajority vote of the elected body to adopt the annual budget.|||Source. 1991, 304:11. 1999, 27:1. 2011, 234:2, eff. July 5, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 49-C:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 49-C - Local Option-City Charters|Section 49-C:13 - Removal of Mayor, Aldermen, and Councilors.

    49-C:13 Removal of Mayor, Aldermen, and Councilors. –||I. The elected body may, on specific charges and after due notice and hearing, at any time remove the mayor or one of its own members for cause, including but not limited to prolonged absence from or other inattention to duties, crime or misconduct in office, or as specified in the charter.||II. Any vacancy occasioned by removal under this section shall be filled in the manner provided in the charter.|||Source. 1991, 304:11, eff. Aug. 23, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 49-C:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 49-C - Local Option-City Charters|Section 49-C:14 - Ordinances.

    49-C:14 Ordinances. –||Municipal legislation shall be by ordinance. Each ordinance shall be identified by a number and a short title. The enacting clause of each ordinance shall be "The City of __________ ordains," and the effective date of each ordinance shall be specified in it. All ordinances shall be recorded at length uniformly and permanently by the city clerk, and each ordinance so recorded shall be authenticated by the signature of the mayor and the city clerk. Ordinances shall be published, compiled and revised in such manner and at such times as the elected body shall determine.|||Source. 1991, 304:11, eff. Aug. 23, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 49-C:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 49-C - Local Option-City Charters|Section 49-C:15 - General Powers.

    49-C:15 General Powers. –||Except as otherwise provided, the elected body hereby established shall have all the powers and discharge all the duties conferred or imposed upon city councils in convention, city councils voting concurrently, or boards of mayor and aldermen acting separately, by RSA 44 through RSA 48 or other general law now in force or later enacted, or upon the existing city councils or board of mayor and aldermen of the city by special laws not hereby repealed. The elected body shall have the powers of selectmen of towns so far as consistent with this charter. All provisions of such laws pertaining to the powers or duties of any or all such bodies shall be construed to apply to the elected body unless there is a contrary intent or provision, it being the purpose of this chapter to confer upon the elected body all functions of the existing board of aldermen or city council, whether legislative, executive or judicial.|||Source. 1991, 304:11, eff. Aug. 23, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 49-C:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 49-C - Local Option-City Charters|Section 49-C:16 - General Powers and Duties of Mayor and City Manager.

    49-C:16 General Powers and Duties of Mayor and City Manager. –||The charter shall specify a mayor or city manager who shall be the chief administrative officer and the head of the administrative branch of the city government, supervising the administrative affairs of the city and carrying out the policies enacted by the elected body. He shall enforce the ordinances of the city, the charter, and all general laws applicable to the city. He shall keep the elected body informed of the condition and needs of the city and shall make such reports and recommendations as he may deem advisable and perform such other duties as may be required by charter, ordinance or resolution of the elected body. He shall have and perform such other powers and duties not inconsistent with the provisions of the charter as now are or may be conferred or imposed upon him by municipal ordinance or upon mayors or city managers by general law. The city manager shall have the right to take part in the discussion of all matters before the city council, but not the right to vote.|||Source. 1991, 304:11, eff. Aug. 23, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 49-C:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 49-C - Local Option-City Charters|Section 49-C:17 - Appointment of City Manager; Qualification; Removal.

    49-C:17 Appointment of City Manager;  Qualification;  Removal. –||I. The city council shall appoint as city manager for an indefinite term, and fix the salary of, a qualified person who receives the votes of at least a majority of the council. The first city council elected under this charter shall appoint a manager within 6 months after the effective date of the charter. The city manager shall be chosen solely on the basis of executive and administrative qualifications, but need not be a resident of the city or the state at the time of appointment.||II. The charter shall provide a detailed procedure for removal, after notice and hearing, of the city manager. The action of the city council in removing a city manager shall be final.||III. In case of a vacancy in the position of city manager, the council may appoint an acting city manager to serve at the pleasure of the council for not more than 180 days.|||Source. 1991, 304:11, eff. Aug. 23, 1991.|