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2024 SESSION
24-2590.0
10/08
HOUSE BILL [bill number]
AN ACT relative to local regulation of digital mining.
SPONSORS: [sponsors]
COMMITTEE: [committee]
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ANALYSIS
This bill adds limits to the regulatory powers of political subdivisions over digital asset mining businesses.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2590.0
10/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to local regulation of digital mining.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Local Land Use Planning and Regulatory Powers; Digital Asset Mining. Amend RSA 674 by inserting after section 16 the following new section:
674:16-a Digital Asset Mining Permitted.
I. A person or entity may have a digital asset mining business in any area in this state that is zoned for industrial use.
II. Any person engaged in-home digital asset mining or digital asset mining business shall not be considered a money transmitter under RSA 399-G.
III. A political subdivision shall not:
(a) Limit the sound decibels generated from home digital asset mining under a zoning restriction or site plan review regulation or local noise ordinance under RSA 31:39 or RSA 47:17 other than limits set for sound pollution generally.
(b) Impose any requirements on a digital asset mining business that is not also a requirement for data centers in such political subdivision.
(c) Rezone the area where a digital asset mining business is located without complying with applicable state and local zoning laws or rezone any area with the intent or effect of discriminating against any digital asset mining business.
(d) Limit the ability of a digital asset mining business to appeal any change in zoning or land use or commercial restriction pursuant to appeal procedures in any applicable state law or local zoning ordinance.
(e) Establish a rate schedule for digital asset mining that creates discriminatory rates for digital asset mining businesses.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.