Bill Text - SB23 (2020)

Relative to a town establishing a minimum age to purchase a product.


Revision: Jan. 14, 2019, 10:01 a.m.

SB 23-LOCAL - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2019 SESSION

19-0920

06/10

 

SENATE BILL 23-LOCAL

 

AN ACT relative to a town establishing a minimum age to purchase a product.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. French, Dist 7

 

COMMITTEE: Election Law and Municipal Affairs

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill prohibits towns from establishing a minimum age to purchase a product that is higher than that required by state law.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

19-0920

06/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

 

AN ACT relative to a town establishing a minimum age to purchase a product.

 

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

 

1  New Section; Powers of Towns; Minimum Age to Purchase.  Amend RSA 31 by inserting after section 103-a the following new section:

31:103-b  Minimum Age to Purchase Product.  No town shall establish a minimum age for purchasing a product that is higher than the age prescribed by state law.

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