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NH Rev Stat § 16:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 16 - Special Legislative Sessions|Section 16:1 - Powers.

    16:1 Powers. –||During any recess the general court may convene itself in special session in the manner herein provided.|||Source. 1945, 134:1, par. 1, eff. April 26, 1945.|
NH Rev Stat § 16:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 16 - Special Legislative Sessions|Section 16:2 - Petition.

    16:2 Petition. –||There shall be filed with the secretary of state a petition for the calling of a special session of the general court which petition shall be signed by not less than 50 members of the house of representatives, not more than 10 of whom shall reside in the same county, and signed by not less than 8 members of the senate. Said petition shall state the reason or reasons why the public welfare requires a special session of the general court.|||Source. 1945, 134:1, par. 2, eff. April 26, 1945.|
NH Rev Stat § 16:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 16 - Special Legislative Sessions|Section 16:3 - Notice.

    16:3 Notice. –||Upon receiving such petition, the secretary of state shall forthwith mail a copy thereof to each member of the general court together with a ballot upon which shall be stated the following question: "Are you of the opinion that the general court should meet in special session?"|||Source. 1945, 134:1, par. 3, eff. April 26, 1945.|
NH Rev Stat § 16:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 16 - Special Legislative Sessions|Section 16:4 - Vote Required.

    16:4 Vote Required. –||If within 10 days after the date of the mailing of said ballot by the secretary of state a majority of the members of the house and a majority of the members of the senate shall return said ballot marked in the affirmative, the general court shall be called in special session.|||Source. 1945, 134:1, par. 4, eff. April 26, 1945.|
NH Rev Stat § 16:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 16 - Special Legislative Sessions|Section 16:5 - Calling.

    16:5 Calling. –||Upon receipt of the affirmative votes above required, the secretary of state shall set a day for the convening of the general court which day shall not be more than 15 days thereafter and notice thereof shall be sent by the secretary of state to each member of both houses.|||Source. 1945, 134:1, par. 5, eff. April 26, 1945.|
NH Rev Stat § 16:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 16 - Special Legislative Sessions|Section 16:6 - Postponement.

    16:6 Postponement. –||In the event that the governor prorogues the reassembly of the general court under the provisions of Article 50, Part II of the constitution, the general court shall reassemble the Tuesday following the expiration of the time of such postponement, unless the majority of the membership of each house shall have filed with the secretary of state not less than 7 days prior thereto a statement in writing that a special session no longer is desired. In either event the secretary of state shall give notice thereof to each member.|||Source. 1945, 134:1, par. 6, eff. April 26, 1945.|
NH Rev Stat § 16:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 16 - Special Legislative Sessions|Section 16:7 - Compensation and Mileage.

    16:7 Compensation and Mileage. –||In the event that the general court convenes itself in special session in the manner provided by this chapter, the officers and members shall receive for attendance compensation of $3 per day for a period not exceeding 15 days and the usual mileage. The attaches of the general court shall receive for attendance compensation at the rate of the next previous session, and the usual mileage.|||Source. 1954, 2:1, eff. April 6, 1954.|
NH Rev Stat § 17-A:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 17-A - Director of Legislative Services|Section 17-A:1 - Office Established.

    17-A:1 Office Established. –||There shall be a director of legislative services, appointed as hereinafter provided, who shall have the following functions and duties:||I. To draft bills for both houses of the general court and the individual members and incoming members thereof, both during sessions and while the general court is not in session, and to check and examine all bills and joint resolutions prior to final engrossment.||II. Pursuant to the direction of the president of the senate and the speaker of the house, to perform or cause to be performed, as circumstances will permit, research and drafting service requested by any committee of the general court in connection with the performance of its functions; to give such consideration to and service concerning any measure before the general court as circumstances will permit and which is in any way requested by the house or senate or any committee of the general court having the matter before it; and to assist and cooperate with any interim legislative committee or commission. Research and drafting assignments made to him by joint or concurrent action of the general court shall be given priority over other research and drafting requests received.||III. The director shall perform a continuing review, revision and codification of the Revised Statutes Annotated, as amended, and all statutes of a public and general nature which are enacted at any session of the general court. The director shall prepare legislation providing for the revision and recodification of such statutes, and any revisions and recodifications contained in such legislation shall take effect only after they have been enacted into law.|||Source. 1963, 297:1. 1975, 278:1; 465:5. 1987, 225:4, eff. May 18, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 17-A:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 17-A - Director of Legislative Services|Section 17-A:2 - Appointment.

    17-A:2 Appointment. –||The joint committee on legislative facilities shall appoint the director of legislative services and fix his salary. He shall hold office for a term of 2 years coterminous with the biennial legislative term. He shall be chosen without reference to party affiliation and solely on the ground of his fitness, qualifications and experience to perform the duties of his office. In the performance of its duties under this chapter, said joint committee may act whether or not the general court is then in session; and 7 members thereof shall constitute a quorum.|||Source. 1963, 297:1. 1975, 465:2. 1987, 225:5, eff. May 18, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 17-A:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 17-A - Director of Legislative Services|Section 17-A:3 - Office.

    17-A:3 Office. –||The director of legislative services shall maintain a permanent office in the state house or legislative office building where he shall be provided with suitable and sufficient offices convenient to the chambers of the house and senate and shall be in attendance upon all sessions of the general court. Said office shall be kept open during the time provided for other state offices, and when the general court is in session at such hours, day and night, as are most convenient for members of the general court.|||Source. 1963, 297:1. 1975, 479:3, eff. July 1, 1975.|
NH Rev Stat § 17-A:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 17-A - Director of Legislative Services|Section 17-A:4 - Assistants.

    17-A:4 Assistants. –||The director may, subject to the approval of the joint committee on legislative facilities, appoint and fix the compensation of such additional professional, technical, clerical or other employees necessary to perform his functions and duties under this chapter. He may, subject to like approval, designate one of said employees to be his deputy to act in his absence.|||Source. 1963, 297:1. 1975, 465:3, eff. June 22, 1975.|
NH Rev Stat § 17-A:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 17-A - Director of Legislative Services|Section 17-A:5 - Repealed by 1987, 225:6, I, eff. May 18, 1987.

    17-A:5 Repealed by 1987, 225:6, I, eff. May 18, 1987. –|
NH Rev Stat § 17-A:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 17-A - Director of Legislative Services|Section 17-A:6 - Gender Neutral Drafting.

    17-A:6 Gender Neutral Drafting. –||I. It is the intent of the general court that the office of legislative services continue its efforts to draft all bills, resolutions and amendments using words that are neutral as to gender, to the extent practicable.||II. In addition, the office of legislative services shall continue to study the issues involved in gender neutral drafting, including the development and utilization of sexually neutral terms to replace masculine gender terms currently in use.||III. All members of the general court are encouraged to support the use of gender neutral terms in the drafting of legislation.|||Source. 1994, 104:1, eff. July 10, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 17-A:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 17-A - Director of Legislative Services|Section 17-A:7 - Legislation Relating to Unclassified State Officers.

    17-A:7 Legislation Relating to Unclassified State Officers. –||Legislation establishing a new, upgraded, or downgraded state unclassified officer position under RSA 94 shall to the extent practicable, be drafted by the office of legislative services without a recommended salary allocation. Changes to the salaries of unclassified officers listed in RSA 94:1-a, I shall be adopted in legislation reflecting the review and allocation approval by the joint committee on employee classification pursuant to the procedure in RSA 94:1-d and RSA 14:14-c.|||Source. 2006, 290:20, eff. June 15, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 17-A:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 17-A - Director of Legislative Services|Section 17-A:8 - Constitutional Amendments; Style and Form.

    17-A:8 Constitutional Amendments;  Style and Form. –||I. A new article or amended article of the constitution shall capitalize all proper nouns, phrases currently capitalized, and titles of all officers.||II. The secretary of state, the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate, and the director of legislative services shall have the authority to publish the unnumbered articles of the constitution with the numbers used by convention and with titles approved by the legislature or a constitutional convention.|||Source. 2012, 259:1, eff. June 18, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 17-C:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 17-C - Committee on Legislator Orientation|Section 17-C:1 - Establishment and Functions.

    17-C:1 Establishment and Functions. –||There is hereby established the continuing committee on legislator orientation whose function it shall be:||I. To prepare, print and distribute a legislator's manual before the legislator's orientation program scheduled pursuant to paragraph II in the even numbered years which may consider the following: The house rules, the joint house and senate rules, suggested rules for procedure of legislative committees, a map of Concord, floor plans of state house, a department directory, parking, the procedure for filing a bill, the location of committee rooms, an explanation of the telephone system, a roster of members, food and lodging locations, rules on mileage, tax status of mileage, caucuses, election of certain officers, election of attaches, operation of the organizational session, events on the first day of the regular session, salary payments, state library facilities, legislative services, and a brief sketch of parliamentary procedures.||II. To prepare and run a legislator's orientation program primarily for new legislators which shall be held in Concord between the date of election and the date of the organizational session.|||Source. 1969, 357:1. 1976, 45:7, 8, eff. July 31, 1976.|
NH Rev Stat § 17-C:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 17-C - Committee on Legislator Orientation|Section 17-C:2 - Membership.

    17-C:2 Membership. –||The committee is composed of 3 members of the house of representatives, including a member of the minority party appointed in consultation with the minority leader, appointed by the speaker of the house, 2 members of the senate, including a member of the minority party appointed in consultation with the minority leader, appointed by the president of the senate, the clerks of both houses, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house and the director of legislative services or his or her designee. A chairman shall be elected by the members of the committee.|||Source. 1969, 357:1, eff. Aug. 30, 1969. 2013, 171:1, eff. Aug. 31, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 17-C:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 17-C - Committee on Legislator Orientation|Section 17-C:3 - Compensation.

    17-C:3 Compensation. –||The members of said committee shall serve without compensation. All the legislative members of the committee, when engaged on business of the committee, shall receive legislative mileage.|||Source. 1969, 357:1, eff. Aug. 30, 1969.|
NH Rev Stat § 17-D:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 17-D - Permanent Standing Committees of the General Court|Section 17-D:1 - Committees Authorized.

    17-D:1 Committees Authorized. –||The house of representatives and the senate are authorized to designate permanent standing committees in such number as they may determine necessary. When created and designated by rule of the house and senate, such permanent standing committees shall exist, both during and between sessions, until the general court is dissolved; and they shall be empowered to exercise all lawful functions and authority of both standing and interim committees including, but not limited to, those powers provided by this chapter.|||Source. 1971, 489:1, eff. July 2, 1971.|
NH Rev Stat § 17-D:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 17-D - Permanent Standing Committees of the General Court|Section 17-D:2 - Meetings and Rules.

    17-D:2 Meetings and Rules. –||Each permanent standing committee of the house and senate shall meet at such times as they shall determine, and are authorized to adopt such rules of procedure as they deem advisable.|||Source. 1971, 489:1, eff. July 2, 1971.|
NH Rev Stat § 17-D:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 17-D - Permanent Standing Committees of the General Court|Section 17-D:3 - Investigations.

    17-D:3 Investigations. –||Each permanent standing committee of the house and senate is authorized to invite public officials and employees and private individuals to appear before it for the purpose of submitting information to it. Each such committee shall be authorized to maintain a continuous review of the work of the state agencies concerned with its subject area and the performance of the functions of government within each such subject area, and for this purpose, to request reports, from time to time in such form as the committee shall designate, concerning the operation of any state agency and presenting any proposals or recommendations such agency may have with regard to existing laws or proposed legislation in its subject area.|||Source. 1971, 489:1, eff. July 2, 1971.|
NH Rev Stat § 17-D:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 17-D - Permanent Standing Committees of the General Court|Section 17-D:4 - Reports of Permanent Standing Committees.

    17-D:4 Reports of Permanent Standing Committees. –||Each permanent standing committee of the house and senate shall prepare a report or reports of its findings and submit it to the speaker of the house and president of the senate prior to the time at which the session of the legislature by which the committee was established is dissolved.|||Source. 1971, 489:1, eff. July 2, 1971.|
NH Rev Stat § 17-D:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 17-D - Permanent Standing Committees of the General Court|Section 17-D:5 - Repealed by 1987, 225:6, II, eff. May 18, 1987.

    17-D:5 Repealed by 1987, 225:6, II, eff. May 18, 1987. –|
NH Rev Stat § 17-D:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 17-D - Permanent Standing Committees of the General Court|Section 17-D:6 - Repealed by 1979, 294:3, eff. Dec. 3, 1980.

    17-D:6 Repealed by 1979, 294:3, eff. Dec. 3, 1980. –|
NH Rev Stat § 17-E:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 17-E - Joint Committee on Legislative Facilities|Section 17-E:1 - Committee Established.

    17-E:1 Committee Established. –||A joint committee on legislative facilities is hereby established.|||Source. 1975, 430:1, eff. June 18, 1975.|
NH Rev Stat § 17-E:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 17-E - Joint Committee on Legislative Facilities|Section 17-E:2 - Membership.

    17-E:2 Membership. –||The committee shall consist of:||I. The president of the senate or designee;||II. The speaker of the house or designee;||III. The majority leaders of each house, or designees;||IV. The minority leaders of each house, or designees;||V. The chairperson of the senate finance committee;||VI. The chairperson of the house finance committee;||VII. Two members of the house appointed by the speaker of the house; and||VIII. Two members of the senate appointed by the president of the senate.|||Source. 1975, 430:1. 1995, 9:10. 2006, 146:1, eff. July 21, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 17-E:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 17-E - Joint Committee on Legislative Facilities|Section 17-E:3 - Chairperson.

    17-E:3 Chairperson. –||The chairperson for the committee shall rotate biennially between the president of the senate or designee and the speaker of the house or designee, provided that the speaker shall serve as the first chairman. In the event that the presiding officer or designee serving as chairperson resigns or for any reason is unable to serve, the other presiding officer or designee shall become chairperson, provided that such substitution shall not change the rotation hereinabove provided for.|||Source. 1975, 430:1. 2006, 146:2, eff. July 21, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 17-E:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 17-E - Joint Committee on Legislative Facilities|Section 17-E:4 - Meetings.

    17-E:4 Meetings. –||The committee shall meet as needed and at such other times at the call of the chair or upon written request of 4 members and any such special meeting shall be held within 5 days of such call or request.|||Source. 1975, 430:1, eff. June 18, 1975. 2017, 156:128, eff. July 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 17-E:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 17-E - Joint Committee on Legislative Facilities|Section 17-E:5 - House and Senate Subcommittees.

    17-E:5 House and Senate Subcommittees. –||The house members, with the speaker as chairperson, shall be a subcommittee for legislative management for the house; and the senate members, with the president as chairperson, shall be a subcommittee for legislative management of the senate. All individual transfers within the house or senate appropriations in excess of $75,000 and all salaries of legislative attaches and other employees unless otherwise specifically provided by statute shall require the approval of the respective subcommittee. The salaries as determined hereunder shall be a charge upon the appropriation made for the legislature.|||Source. 1975, 430:1. 2006, 146:3, eff. July 21, 2006. 2017, 156:128, eff. July 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 17-E:5-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 17-E - Joint Committee on Legislative Facilities|Section 17-E:5-a - Powers and Duties.

    17-E:5-a Powers and Duties. –||The committee shall have the following powers and duties:||I. To review and approve all joint legislative budgets.||II. To appoint the directors or heads of all joint legislative agencies, departments, or offices, and to establish the salary for such positions, except as otherwise provided.||III. To approve the appointment and compensation recommendations for the employees of the office of legislative services made by the director of that office, and the appointment and compensation recommendations made by the director or head of any other joint legislative agency, department, or office for the employees of those offices, except as otherwise provided.||IV. To establish a compensation and classification schedule for all employees of joint legislative service agencies, departments, and offices, except the legislative budget assistant and employees of that office. The house subcommittee shall establish salary schedules and benefits for all house employees. The senate subcommittee shall establish salary schedules and benefits for all senate employees.||V. To enter into contracts and hire consultants.||VI. To establish rules of procedure for the conduct of the business of the committee in accordance with rules of the house and the senate.||VII. To conduct its proceedings in compliance with the provisions of RSA 91-A.||VIII. To establish policies regarding the use of the facilities under control of the legislature in the state house, the legislative office building, the Upham Walker house, parking garages and lots, and any future facility that may come under legislative management.||IX. To perform all actions authorized by statute.||X. To study ways and means to improve legislative operation, facilities, and working conditions.||XI. Prior to the beginning of each biennium, to review sexual harassment policies of other jurisdictions and legislatures and adopt a sexual harassment policy consistent with best practices, which shall include procedures for the independent human resources professional in the general court administrative office to address sexual harassment complaints and ensure independence from the office of the senate president and the office of the speaker of the house of representatives. Prior to the beginning of each biennium, the committee shall determine whether to propose to the senate and house of representatives that each body shall propose by rule that all legislators, legislative officers, and legislative staff shall attend in-person education and training regarding sexual and other unlawful discrimination and harassment. The sexual harassment policy shall be posted online and shall be included in the ethics guidelines, statutes, and procedural rules booklet.|||Source. 2006, 146:4, eff. July 21, 2006. 2019, 311:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.|