Bill Text - SB512 (2018)

Relative to compact sections of towns.


Revision: June 27, 2018, 9:02 a.m.

CHAPTER 327

SB 512 - FINAL VERSION

 

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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.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

02/22/2018   0809s

3May2018... 1699h

05/23/2018   2003CofC 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:

 

327:1  Highway System; Establishing Compact Sections by Agreement with Municipalities.  RSA 229:5, V is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

V.(a)  The commissioner of transportation may establish compact sections in the following cities and towns:

(1)  Amherst

(2)  Bedford

(3)  Berlin

(4)  Claremont

(5)  Concord

(6)  Derry

(7)  Dover

(8)  Durham

(9)  Exeter

(10)  Franklin

(11)  Goffstown

(12)  Hampton

(13)  Hanover

(14)  Hudson

(15)  Keene

(16)  Laconia

(17)  Lebanon

(18)  Londonderry

(19)  Manchester

(20)  Merrimack

(21)  Milford

(22)  Nashua

(23)  Pelham

(24)  Portsmouth

(25)  Rochester

(26)  Salem

(27)  Somersworth

(b)  The commissioner of transportation may establish additional compact sections in such other cities and towns as agreed between the department and the municipality.  In addition to the authority in RSA 229:5, IV, the commissioner may review and adjust the compact limits for established compacts by agreement with the municipality.

(c)  The department of transportation shall maintain a complete list of compacts within the state on the department's website.

327:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

Approved: June 25, 2018

Effective Date: August 24, 2018