Bill Text - HB194 (2024)

(Third New Title) requiring the director of the division of historical resources to compile and maintain a list of public monuments and requiring legislative approval of the amendment or permanent removal of historical markers.


Revision: Jan. 22, 2024, 3:50 p.m.

HB 194-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

 

4Jan2024... 0037h

2023 SESSION

23-0270

08/05

 

HOUSE BILL 194-FN

 

AN ACT requiring the director of the division of historical resources to compile and maintain a list of public monuments.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Germana, Ches. 1; Rep. Toll, Ches. 15

 

COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires the director of the division of historical resources to compile and maintain a list of public monuments.

 

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

4Jan2024... 0037h 23-0270

08/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

 

AN ACT requiring the director of the division of historical resources to compile and maintain a list of public monuments.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Division of Historical Resources; Duties of Director.  Amend RSA 12-A:10-l to read as follows:

12-A:10-l  Division of Historical Resources; Director.  

(a)  There is hereby established within the department the division of historical resources, which shall also be known as the state historic preservation office, under the supervision of an unclassified director of historical resources.  The director of historical resources shall be responsible for administering the state historic preservation program in accordance with RSA 227-C.

(b)  Once every 10 years, the director of the division of historical resources shall work with local communities throughout the state to compile a survey of all monuments in the state maintained by local or state authorities, including physical markers of a historical event, individual, group of individuals, or geographical sites of historical or cultural significance, maintain such list, and make such survey available to the public through the division's Internet site or web page, as well as to the department of education to be made available to educational institutions in the state.  

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

LBA

23-0270

Amended 1/22/24

 

HB 194-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE (AMENDMENT #2023-0037h)

 

AN ACT requiring the director of the division of historical resources to compile and maintain a list of public monuments.

 

FISCAL IMPACT: [   ] State [   ] County [   ] Local [ X ] None

 

METHODOLOGY:

The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant states this bill, as amended, has no fiscal impact on state, county and local expenditures or revenue.

 

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of Natural and Cultural Resources