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2024 SESSION
24-2773.0
10/08
HOUSE BILL [bill number]
AN ACT relating to requiring large parking lots to have a solar power canopy.
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires that large parking facilities, whether existing or new, utilize photovoltaic solar canopies over at least 50 percent of the open asphalt surface.
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24-2773.0
10/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relating to requiring large parking lots to have a solar power canopy.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Local Land Use Planning and Regulatory Powers; Requirements for Large Parking Facilities. Amend RSA 674 by inserting after section 17 the following new section:
674:17-a Requirements for Large Parking Facilities; Solar Canopies. Every parking facility, whether existing or new, with asphalt coverage of greater than 16,000 square feet or which accommodates at least 80 vehicles, whichever is smaller, shall utilize photovoltaic solar canopies over at least 50 percent of the open asphalt surface. Parking lots or facilities with 400 or more vehicle spaces shall be in compliance by January 1, 2028, and parking lots or facilities with between 80 and 400 vehicle spaces shall be compliance by January 1, 2030.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.