Revision: Dec. 23, 2024, 2:51 p.m.
HB 92 - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0125
06/05
HOUSE BILL 92
AN ACT prohibiting an individual from simultaneously serving on the local zoning board and planning board.
SPONSORS: Rep. Alexander Jr., Hills. 29; Rep. Maggiore, Rock. 23; Rep. Mazur, Hills. 44; Rep. Lascelles, Hills. 14; Rep. J. MacDonald, Carr. 6; Rep. Seidel, Hills. 29; Rep. Sellers, Graf. 18; Sen. Innis, Dist 7; Sen. Murphy, Dist 16
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits an individual from serving on the planning board and zoning board of adjustment at the same time.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0125
06/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACT prohibiting an individual from simultaneously serving on the local zoning board and planning board.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Zoning Board of Adjustment Membership. Amend RSA 673:3, I to read as follows:
I. The zoning board of adjustment shall consist of 5 members. The members of the board shall either be elected in the manner prescribed by RSA 669, or appointed in a manner prescribed by the local legislative body. Each member of the board shall be a resident of the municipality in order to be appointed or elected. No member of the board may also be a member of a planning board.
2 Planning Board Members Serving on Other Boards. Amend RSA 673:7, I-II to read as follows:
I. Any 2 appointed or elected members of the planning board in a city or town may also serve together on any other municipal board or commission, except that no more than one appointed or elected member of the planning board shall serve on the conservation commission, the local governing body, or a local land use board as defined in RSA 672:7. Additionally, no member serving on the planning board shall also be a member of a zoning board of adjustment.
II. In counties in which there are located unincorporated towns or unorganized places, the county commissioners shall determine which members of the planning board for those towns and places, if any, may serve on other municipal boards or commissions, except that no members may also serve on a zoning board of adjustment.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.