Revision: March 4, 2025, 4:29 p.m.
Senate Commerce
March 4, 2025
2025-0736s
06/08
Amendment to HB 399
Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:
AN ACT establishing a commission to study the New Hampshire zoning enabling act and relative to the effective date of the C-PACER program.
Amend RSA 674:16-b, I as inserted by section 1 of the bill by replacing it with the following:
I. The members of the commission shall be as follows:
(a) Four members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house in consultation with the house minority leader, no more than 2 from the same political party.
(b) Two members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate in consultation with the minority leader of the senate, no more than one from the same political party.
(c) One designee from the judicial branch, appointed by the chief justice of the supreme court.
(d) Two national housing policy experts, appointed by the speaker of the house in consultation with the minority leader of the house.
(e) One member representing municipal governments, appointed by the president of the senate in consultation with the minority leader of the senate.
(f) One member of the public, appointed by the president of the senate in consultation with the minority leader of the senate.
Amend the bill by replacing all after section 1 with the following:
2 Energy Efficiency and Clean Energy Districts Definitions. Amend RSA 53-F:1, VIII to read as follows:
VIII. "Municipality" means any city, town, unincorporated town, unorganized place, or village district, or the designated representative of the city, town, or village district.
3 Repeal. RSA 674:16-b, relative to study the historical evolution of New Hampshire’s zoning enabling act, is repealed.
4 C-PACER; Energy Efficiency and Clean Energy Districts; Effective Date of 2025; 1 (SB 4). Amend 2025, 1:9 to read as follows:
1:9 Effective Date. This act shall take effect [January 1, 2026] upon its passage.
I. Section 1 of this act shall take effect July 1, 2025.
II. Section 3 of this act shall take effect November 1, 2026.
III. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.
2025-0736s
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill:
I. Establishes a commission to study the New Hampshire zoning enabling act.
II. Changes the effective date of 2025; 1 (SB 4), relative to the C-PACER program, from January 1, 2026 to upon passage.
III. Modifies the definition of "municipality" in the energy efficiency and clean energy districts chapter.