HB 296 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
26Mar2025... 0797h
2025 SESSION
25-0599
06/11
HOUSE BILL 296
AN ACT relative to issuing building permits along private roads.
SPONSORS: Rep. Ladd, Graf. 5
COMMITTEE: Housing
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill adds an alternative condition and provides another pathway to authorization for local governing bodies to erect buildings along private roads and adds additional requirements for subdivisions creating new lots.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26Mar2025... 0797h 25-0599
06/11
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACT relative to issuing building permits along private roads.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Regulation of Subdivision of Land; Erection of Buildings on Streets; Appeals. Amend RSA 674:41, I(d)(1) to read as follows:
(1) The local governing body, after review and comment by the planning board or after establishing that the private road identifies and complies with policy adopted by the governing body of the municipality, has voted to authorize the issuance of building permits for the erection of buildings on said private road or portion thereof; and
2 New Paragraph; Subdivisions Creating New Lots. Amend RSA 674:41 by inserting after paragraph I the following new paragraph:
I-a. Subdivisions creating new lots, after review and comment from the planning board, or existing lots with frontage on private or class VI roads built to town standards, shall be issued a building permit. These lots shall meet all other dimensional requirements set by the local municipality.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
| Date | Amendment |
|---|---|
| March 14, 2025 | 2025-0797h |
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 21, 2025 | House | Hearing |
| March 13, 2025 | House | Exec Session |
| March 13, 2025 | House | Floor Vote |
March 28, 2025: Introduced 03/27/2025 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 10
March 26, 2025: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0797h: MA VV 03/26/2025 HJ 10
March 26, 2025: Amendment # 2025-0797h: AA VV 03/26/2025 HJ 10
March 14, 2025: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0797h 03/13/2025 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 17 P. 19
March 13, 2025: Executive Session: 03/13/2025 12:10 pm LOB 305
Feb. 5, 2025: Full Committee Work Session: 02/11/2025 10:00 am LOB 305
Jan. 9, 2025: Public Hearing: 01/21/2025 01:30 pm LOB 210-211
Jan. 7, 2025: Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Housing HJ 2 P. 14