New Hampshire Ballot Questions

QUESTION ONE:

Are you in favor of amending the second part of the constitution by inserting after article 5-b a new article to read as follows:

[Art.] 5-c. [Income Tax Prohibited.] Notwithstanding any general or special provision of this constitution, the general court shall not have the power or authority to impose and levy any assessment, rate, or tax upon income earned by any natural person; however, nothing in this Article shall be construed to prohibit any tax in effect on January 1, 2012, or adjustment to the rate of such a tax.” (Passed by the N.H. House 256 Yes 110 No; Passed by State Senate 19 Yes 4 No) CACR 13

QUESTION TWO:

Are you in favor of amending article 73-a of the second part of the constitution to read as follows:

[Art.] 73-a [Supreme Court, Administration.] The chief justice of the Supreme Court shall be the administrative head of all the courts. The chief justice shall, with the concurrence of a majority of the Supreme Court justices, make rules governing the administration of all courts in the state and the practice and procedure to be followed in all such courts. The rules so promulgated shall have the force and effect of law. The legislature shall have a concurrent power to regulate the same matters by statute. In the event of a conflict between a statute and a court rule, the statute, if not otherwise contrary to this constitution, shall prevail over the rule.” (Passed by the N.H. House 242 Yes 96 No; Passed by State Senate 19 Yes 5 No) CACR 26

QUESTION THREE:

Shall there be a convention to amend or revise the constitution?

Proposed pursuant to Part II, Article 100 of the New Hampshire Constitution