CHAPTER 126
SB 98 – FINAL VERSION
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2015 SESSION
03/08
SENATE BILL 98
AN ACT relative to third party review required by the planning board.
SPONSORS: Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Little, Dist 8; Rep. Cheney, Straf 17; Rep. Sterling, Ches 14
COMMITTEE: Public and Municipal Affairs
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill allows an applicant to request that the planning board choose a different third party consultant.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02/12/2015 0201s
15Apr2015… 1113h
15-0956
03/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT relative to third party review required by the planning board.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
126:1 Third Party Review. Amend RSA 676:4-b, I to read as follows:
I. A planning board reviewing a subdivision plat, site plan, or other land use application may require the applicant to reimburse the board for expenses reasonably incurred by obtaining third party review and consultation during the review process, provided that the review and consultation does not substantially replicate a review and consultation obtained by the zoning board of adjustment. The applicant may request the planning board choose a different third party consultant and the request may include the name of a preferred consultant. The planning board shall exercise reasonable discretion to determine whether the request is warranted. When such a request is granted by the planning board, the 65-day period for the board’s action on an application stated in RSA 676:4, I(c)(1) shall be extended 45 days to provide the board adequate time to identify a different consultant.
126:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: Enacted in accordance with Part II, Article 44, N.H. Constitution, June 9, 2015.
Effective Date: August 8, 2015