CHAPTER 210
HB 236 – FINAL VERSION
2007 SESSION
08/03
HOUSE BILL 236
COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture
This bill limits the use of “farmers’ market” in trade names.
This bill was requested by the department of agriculture, markets, and food.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
07-0926
08/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT relative to the use of “farmers’ market” in trade names.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
210:1 New Subparagraph; “Farmers’ Market;” Registration of Trade Name. Amend RSA 349:1, IV by inserting after subparagraph (c) the following new subparagraph:
(d) No person shall use the term “farmers’ market” in a trade name unless such use conforms to the definition in RSA 21:34-a, V. A person having a lawfully registered trade name including the term “farmers’ market” on the effective date of this subparagraph shall be exempt from the prohibition established in this subparagraph.
210:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 25, 2007
Effective: August 24, 2007