CHAPTER 13
HB 275 – FINAL VERSION
15Apr2015… 1315EBA
2015 SESSION
08/05
HOUSE BILL 275
AN ACT relative to the encroachment of a town cemetery on state-owned land.
SPONSORS: Rep. Coffey, Hills 25; Rep. Parison, Hills 25
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
This bill enables the town of New Ipswich to enter into an agreement with the department of environmental services regarding the lot line of a cemetery in New Ipswich.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
15Apr2015… 1315EBA
15-0462
08/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT relative to the encroachment of a town cemetery on state-owned land.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
13:1 Agreement for Lot Line Adjustment; New Ipswich.
I. The commissioner of the department of environmental services and the selectmen of the town of New Ipswich may enter into a lot line agreement (boundary adjustment) between the state property identified on the New Ipswich tax maps as Map 9, Lot 20 and the Smithville Cemetery, Map?9, Lot 21.
II. The New Ipswich selectmen shall have the authority to utilize their December 31, 2014 undesignated fund balance to provide funding for the moving of graves and other related expenses, provided that the amount to be used shall not reduce the town’s fund balance to an amount less than 5 percent, as determined by the department of revenue administration at the 2014 tax rate setting.
III. Should the town have an insufficient undesignated fund balance available to move the necessary graves, the town shall have permission to hold a special town meeting for this purpose.
13:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: May 5, 2015
Effective Date: May 5, 2015