HB 1342 – AS INTRODUCED
2006 SESSION
08/09
HOUSE BILL 1342
AN ACT relative to the development of land and cutting of trees on land surrounding burial grounds and cemeteries.
SPONSORS: Rep. Keans, Straf 1; Rep. Lockwood, Merr 6; Rep. Julie Brown, Straf 1; Rep. Lawrence Brown, Straf 3
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
This bill prohibits development of land and cutting of trees on land surrounding burial grounds and cemeteries.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
06-2364
08/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six
AN ACT relative to the development of land and cutting of trees on land surrounding burial grounds and cemeteries.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Burial Grounds and Cemeteries; Location. Amend RSA 289:3, III to read as follows:
III. New construction, excavation, or building in the area of a known burial site or within the boundaries of an established burial ground or cemetery shall comply with local zoning regulations concerning burial sites, burial grounds or cemeteries, whether or not such burial site or burial ground was properly recorded in the deed to the property. In the absence of such regulations, no new construction, excavation, land development, cutting of trees, or building shall be conducted within 25 feet of a known burial site or within 25 feet of the boundaries of an established burial ground or cemetery, whether or not such burial site or burial ground was properly recorded in the deed to the property, except when such construction, excavation, or building is necessary for the construction of an essential service, as approved by the governing body of a municipality in concurrence with the cemetery trustees, or in the case of a state highway, by the commissioner of the department of transportation in concurrence with the cemetery trustees.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.