HB196 (2009) Detail

Establishing a penalty for destruction or frustration of an easement of access.


HB 196 – AS INTRODUCED

2009 SESSION

09-0378

06/03

HOUSE BILL 196

AN ACT establishing a penalty for destruction or frustration of an easement of access.

SPONSORS: Rep. Ingersoll, Coos 4; Rep. Theberge, Coos 4; Rep. Thomas, Coos 4

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

ANALYSIS

This bill declares the failure to remedy the destruction or frustration of an easement of access a violation.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

09-0378

06/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine

AN ACT establishing a penalty for destruction or frustration of an easement of access.

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

1 New Subdivision; Destruction of Easement of Access; Violation. Amend RSA 477 by inserting after section 52 the following new subdivision:

Destruction of Easement of Access

477:53 Destruction of Easement of Access; Violation. Any owner of a servient estate who refuses to remedy a condition on his or her property that causes a destruction or frustration of an easement of access shall be guilty of a violation.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2010.