Bill Text - HB70 (2005)

Repealing the law requiring town selectmen to perambulate borders of towns.


Revision: Jan. 21, 2010, midnight

HB 70 – AS INTRODUCED

2005 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 70

AN ACT repealing the law requiring town selectmen to perambulate borders of towns.

SPONSORS: Rep. Rowe, Hills 6; Rep. O’Connell, Hills 6

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

ANALYSIS

This bill repeals the law requiring town selectmen to perambulate borders of towns.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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08/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five

AN ACT repealing the law requiring town selectmen to perambulate borders of towns.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Repeal. RSA 51:2, relative to required perambulation of town borders, is repealed.

2 Perambulation of Town Borders. Amend RSA 51:3 to read as follows:

51:3 [Additional] Perambulation. If the selectmen of any town deem it necessary that the town lines be perambulated or any marks and bounds renewed [at other times than at the regular perambulation provided for by RSA 51:2] they may give notice to the selectmen of the town adjoining and the procedure for said perambulation or renewing of bounds shall be the same as that provided in RSA 51:[2,] 4-7.

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.