HB 439 - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
21-0654
06/08
HOUSE BILL 439
AN ACT relative to the powers of city councils.
SPONSORS: Rep. Blasek, Hills. 21; Rep. Cushman, Hills. 2; Rep. Harvey-Bolia, Belk. 4; Rep. Johnson, Belk. 3; Rep. Torosian, Rock. 14; Rep. Wallace, Rock. 12; Rep. Prout, Hills. 37
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
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ANALYSIS
This bill limits the authority of city councils to make bylaws and ordinances to those they are specifically empowered to make.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
21-0654
06/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT relative to the powers of city councils.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Bylaws and Ordinances. Amend RSA 47:17, XV to read as follows:
XV. Miscellaneous. Relative to the grade of streets, and the grade and width of sidewalks; to the laying out and regulating public squares and walks, commons, and other public grounds, public lights, and lamps; to trees planted for shade, ornament, convenience, or use, and the fruit of the same; to trespasses committed on public buildings and other public property, and in private yards and gardens; in relation to cemeteries, public burial grounds, the burial of the dead, and the returning and keeping records thereof, and bills of mortality, and the duties of physicians, sextons and others in relation thereto; relative to public wells, cisterns, pumps, conduits, and reservoirs; the places of military parade and rendezvous, and the marching of military companies with music in the streets of the city; relative to precautions against fire; relative to oaths and bonds of city officers, and penalties upon those elected to such offices refusing to serve; and relative to licensing and regulating butchers, petty grocers, or hucksters, peddlers, hawkers, and common victualers; dealers in and keepers of shops for the purchase, sale or barter of junk, old metals or second-hand articles, and pawnbrokers; under such limitations and restrictions as to them shall appear necessary. [They may make any other bylaws and regulations which may seem for the well-being of the city; but] No bylaw or ordinance shall be repugnant to the constitution or laws of the state; and such bylaws and ordinances shall take effect and be in force from the time therein limited, without the sanction or confirmation of any other authority whatever.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| March 1, 2021 | House | Hearing |
| House | Floor Vote |
Jan. 6, 2022: Died on Table, Session ended 01/05/2022
April 9, 2021: Lay on Table (Rep. Doucette): MA DV 189-186 04/09/2021 HJ 7 P. 34
April 9, 2021: Lay on Table (Rep. Doucette): MA DV 189-186 04/09/2021 HJ 7 P. 34
: Ought to Pass MF RC 185-192
April 9, 2021: Ought to Pass: MF RC 185-192 04/09/2021 HJ 7 P. 32
April 9, 2021: Ought to Pass: MF RC 185-192 04/09/2021 HJ 7 P. 32
: Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
March 5, 2021: Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
March 5, 2021: Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 10-9; RC) HC 18 P. 58
: Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 10-9; RC) HC 18 P. 58
March 1, 2021: Public Hearing: 03/01/2021 09:30 am Members of the public may attend using the following link: To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/97119253057 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
Jan. 10, 2021: Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 2 P. 48
Jan. 6, 2021: Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 2 P. 48