CHAPTER 218
HB 457 – FINAL VERSION
04Apr2007… 0684h
2007 SESSION
08/01
HOUSE BILL 457
AN ACT allowing local governing bodies to restrict lawn watering during declared droughts.
SPONSORS: Rep. Spang, Straf 7; Rep. Fargo, Straf 4; Rep. Foose, Merr 1; Rep. Weed, Ches 3; Sen. Cilley, Dist 6; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 24
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
This bill allows local governing bodies to restrict lawn watering during declared droughts.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
04Apr2007… 0684h
07-0533
08/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT allowing local governing bodies to restrict lawn watering during declared droughts.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
218:1 New Section; Restricting the Watering of Lawns. Amend RSA 41 by inserting after section 11-c the following new section:
41:11-d Restricting the Watering of Lawns.
I. The local governing body may establish regulations restricting the use of water from private wells or public water systems for residential outdoor lawn watering when administrative agencies of the state or federal government have designated the region as being under a declared state or condition of drought.
II. The local governing body shall give notice prior to the implementation of the regulations in paragraph I. Notice shall be given at least 3 calendar days before the regulations are implemented. The notice required under this section shall not include the day notice is posted. Notice of the regulations shall be published in a paper of general circulation in the municipality and shall be posted in at least 2 public places.
III. The full text of the proposed regulations need not be included in the notice if an adequate statement describing the proposal and designating the place where the proposal is on file for public inspection is stated in the notice.
218:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 25, 2007
Effective: August 24, 2007