HB 1374 - AS INTRODUCED
2022 SESSION
22-2849
10/11
HOUSE BILL 1374
AN ACT relative to the membership of local land use boards.
SPONSORS: Rep. Somssich, Rock. 27
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires that all voting members of local land use boards shall be residents of the municipalities in which they serve.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
22-2849
10/11
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT relative to the membership of local land use boards.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Establishment of Local Land Use Boards; Membership. Amend RSA 673:1, I to read as follows:
I. Any local legislative body may establish a planning board[, the members of which shall be residents of the municipality].
2 New Paragraph; Establishment of Local Land Use Boards; Membership. Amend RSA 673:1 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:
VI. Voting members of any local land use board established pursuant to paragraphs I, II, or IV, and of a building code board of appeals established pursuant to paragraph V, including ex officio members, shall be residents of the municipality in which they serve.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 31, 2022 | House | Hearing |
| Feb. 28, 2022 | House | Exec Session |
| Feb. 28, 2022 | House | Exec Session |
| House | Floor Vote |
March 16, 2022: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV HJ 6
March 9, 2022: Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate (Vote 16-0; CC)
Feb. 28, 2022: Executive Session: 02/28/2022 9:00 a.m. LOB301-303
Feb. 28, 2022: Executive Session: 02/28/2022 9:00 a.m. LOB301-303
Jan. 31, 2022: Public Hearing: 01/31/2022 9:00 a.m. LOB301-303
Nov. 20, 2021: Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Municipal and County Government