HB 229-LOCAL - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0276
02/08
HOUSE BILL 229-LOCAL
AN ACT repealing the alternative procedure for adoption of zoning ordinances.
SPONSORS: Rep. Vose, Rock. 5; Rep. Hill, Merr. 2; Rep. D. McGuire, Merr. 14; Rep. Pauer, Hills. 36; Rep. Spilsbury, Sull. 3; Rep. Turcotte, Straf. 4; Rep. Ulery, Hills. 13; Rep. McFarlane, Graf. 18; Sen. Lang, Dist 2
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
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ANALYSIS
This bill repeals the authority for non-charter towns, village districts, or counties with unincorporated places to adopt zoning ordinances through alternative procedures.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0276
02/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACT repealing the alternative procedure for adoption of zoning ordinances.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Words and Phrases Defined; Local Legislative Body. Amend RSA 672:8 to read as follows:
672:8 Local Legislative Body.
[I.] "Local legislative body" means one of the following basic forms of government utilized by a municipality:
[(a)] I. Council, whether city or town;
[(b)] II. Mayor-council;
[(c)] III. Mayor-board of aldermen;
[(d)] IV. Village district or precinct;
[(e)] V. Town meeting; or
[(f)] VI. County convention.
[II. In non-charter towns, village districts, and counties in which there are located unincorporated places that have adopted the authority provided in RSA 674:18-a for the approval of amendments to zoning ordinances or bylaws and the local zoning map, the term "local legislative body" shall mean local governing body as defined in RSA 672:6 solely for the purpose of adopting amendments to a zoning ordinance or local zoning map.]
2 Repeal. RSA 674:18-a, relative to alternative procedure for adoption of zoning ordinances, is repealed.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| March 3, 2025 | House | Hearing |
| March 10, 2025 | House | Exec Session |
March 5, 2025: Executive Session: 03/10/2025 09:30 am LOB 301-303
Feb. 27, 2025: Public Hearing: 03/03/2025 10:10 am LOB 301-303
Jan. 7, 2025: Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 2 P. 11