Revision: March 11, 2020, 10:41 a.m.
HB 1129 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
11Mar2020... 0696h
2020 SESSION
20-2107
11/06
HOUSE BILL 1129
AN ACT relative to notice requirements for certain municipal public hearings.
SPONSORS: Rep. Coursin, Rock. 1; Rep. Barnes, Rock. 8; Rep. Ladd, Graf. 4; Rep. Gilman, Rock. 18; Rep. Dutzy, Hills. 30
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
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ANALYSIS
This bill changes the notice requirements for certain municipal public hearings by allowing notice of the hearing to be posted on the municipal website.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
11Mar2020... 0696h 20-2107
11/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT relative to notice requirements for certain municipal public hearings.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Planning and Zoning; Notice Requirements for Public Hearing. Amend RSA 675:7, I to read as follows:
I.(a) Notice shall be given for the time and place of each public hearing held under RSA 675:2-4 and RSA 675:6 at least 10 calendar days before the hearing. The notice required under this section shall not include the day notice is posted or the day of the public hearing. Notice of each public hearing shall be published in a paper of general circulation in the municipality and shall be posted in at least 2 public places. Any person owning property in the municipality may request notice of all public hearings on proposed amendments to the zoning ordinance, and the municipality shall provide notice, at no cost to the person, electronically or by first class mail.
(b) In lieu of publication in a paper of general circulation pursuant to subparagraph (a), notice may be posted on the municipality's Internet website, if such exists. If notice is posted on the municipality's website in lieu of publication in a paper of general circulation, the notice shall:
(1) Appear prominently on the website's home page, or a link directly to the notice shall appear prominently on the home page;
(2) Be posted at the time stated in subparagraph (a) and shall remain on the website until the conclusion of the hearing; and
(3) Be posted in 2 other public places.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.