Revision: Feb. 7, 2024, 12:25 p.m.
Sen. Gray, Dist 6
February 6, 2024
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12/05
Amendment to SB 448-FN
Amend the bill by replacing all after the enacting clause with the following:
1 Town of Haverhill; Woodsville Fire District. 1887, 204:1 - 204:4, as amended by 1899, 196:1 - 196:4; 1913, 313:1; 1990, 37:1; 2009, 147:1; and 2021, 124:1, is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
Section 1. The Woodsville fire district is hereby established as a village district governed by RSA chapter 52 and shall have all the rights, duties, and obligations of a village district pursuant to such chapter. The district shall be a body corporate and politic pursuant to such chapter. Woodsville is established for the purposes set forth in RSA 52:1, I(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (h), (i), (m) and (n).
Section 2. The board of commissioners, and all other officers and officials of the Woodsville fire district, shall have and hold their offices of the village district as though duly elected or appointed pursuant to RSA chapter 52, until the next duly called annual meeting.
Section 3. The boundaries of the district shall be co-extensive with the boundaries of the existing fire district established by the town of Haverhill board of selectmen on or about July 29, 1885.
Section 4. All obligations and liabilities of the fire district shall be the obligations and liabilities of the village district. All legal or equitable interests in property of any kind, wherever located and by whomever held belonging to the existing fire district shall vest, subject to all liens, claims and encumbrances, in the village district.
2 Repeal. 1887, 204:5 – 204:13, as amended by 1899, 196:5-196:13, relative to the Woodsville fire district, is repealed.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill establishes the Woodsville fire district as a village district, with all rights, duties, and obligations of a village district.