Revision: April 30, 2010, midnight
HB 1171 – AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
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2010 SESSION
05/03
HOUSE BILL 1171
AN ACT repealing the prohibitions on Sunday business activities and permitting municipalities to regulate such activities.
SPONSORS: Rep. McGuire, Merr 8; Rep. Horrigan, Straf 7
COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs
This bill repeals the chapter prohibiting certain business activities on Sundays. The bill also permits municipalities to adopt bylaws and ordinances regulating retail business, plays, games, sports, and exhibitions on Sundays.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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04/28/10 1559s
10-2509
05/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT repealing the prohibitions on Sunday business activities and permitting municipalities to regulate such activities.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Repeal. RSA 332-D, relative to Sunday business activities, is repealed.
2 New Section; Powers and Duties of Towns; Sunday Business Activities. Amend RSA 31 by inserting after section 41-e the following new section:
31:41-f Sunday Business Activities. The legislative body of any town may adopt bylaws and ordinances regulating retail business, plays, games, sports, and exhibitions on Sundays. Bylaws and ordinances adopted by the governing body in accordance with this section shall continue in force until altered or annulled by vote of the legislative body.
3 New Paragraph; Powers of City Councils; Bylaws and Ordinances; Sunday Business Activities. Amend RSA 47:17 by inserting after paragraph XIX the following new paragraph:
XX. Sunday Business Activities. To regulate the operation of retail businesses, plays, games, sports, and exhibitions on Sundays.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.