Bill Text - SB512 (2018)

Relative to compact sections of towns.


Revision: Dec. 27, 2017, 3:39 p.m.

SB 512  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2018 SESSION

18-2856

06/01

 

SENATE BILL 512

 

AN ACT relative to compact sections of towns.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Rep. Sprague, Straf. 18

 

COMMITTEE: Public and Municipal Affairs

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill permits the commissioner of transportation to establish compact sections in cities and towns by agreement with the municipalities.

 

This bill is a request of the department of transportation.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

18-2856

06/01

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT relative to compact sections of towns.

 

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

 

1  New Paragraph; Highway System; Establishing Compact Sections by Agreement with Municipalities.  Amend RSA 229:5 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:

V-a.  In addition to the towns listed in paragraph V, the commissioner of transportation may establish compact sections in cities and towns as agreed between the department and the municipality.  The commissioner may review and adjust the compact limits for established compacts by agreement with the municipality.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.