Revision: March 5, 2020, 6:02 p.m.
SB 536 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
03/05/2020 1092s
2020 SESSION
20-2762
10/04
SENATE BILL 536
AN ACT requiring an annual report of the housing appeals board.
SPONSORS: Sen. Morse, Dist 22; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19
COMMITTEE: Election Law and Municipal Affairs
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill requires the housing appeals board to report annually on decisions overturned, appeals made to the supreme court, and the impact of the board on housing units approved for construction.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/05/2020 1092s 20-2762
10/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT requiring an annual report of the housing appeals board.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Housing Appeals Board; Annual Report. Amend RSA 679 by inserting after section 19 the following new section:
679:20 Annual Report. Beginning on July 1, 2021, the board shall submit an annual report to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library, that includes:
I. A brief description of all appeals brought to the board in which the board overturned the decision of planning board or local land use board.
II. A brief description of all rulings made by the board that were then appealed to the supreme court and the final disposition of those appeals.
III. An estimate of the impact of the housing appeals board on the number of housing units approved for construction.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.