Revision: Feb. 21, 2024, 4:59 p.m.
SB 63 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
02/21/2024 0583s
2023 SESSION
23-0990
09/10
SENATE BILL 63
AN ACT relative to the adoption of public health ordinances by municipalities.
SPONSORS: Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Rep. Hill, Merr. 2
COMMITTEE: Election Law and Municipal Affairs
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill changes when town public health officials may make regulations relating to public health.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02/21/2024 0583s 23-0990
09/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to the adoption of public health ordinances by municipalities.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Local Adoption of Public Health Ordinances. Amend RSA 147:1, I to read as follows:
I. The health officers of towns may make regulations for the prevention and removal of nuisances, [and such other regulations relating to public health] or other similar threats to public health, as in their judgment the health and safety of the people require, which shall take effect when approved by the selectmen, recorded by the town clerk, and published in some newspaper printed in the town, or when copies thereof have been posted in 2 or more public places in the town.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.