Revision: Feb. 20, 2025, 10:24 a.m.
HB 92 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
20Feb2025... 0317h
2025 SESSION
25-0125
06/05
HOUSE BILL 92
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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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill requires individuals serving on both the planning board and zoning board of adjustment to recuse themselves from voting on matters previously decided by the other board on which they serve.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20Feb2025... 0317h 25-0125
06/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Zoning Board of Adjustment Membership. Amend RSA 673:3 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:
V. When a member also serves on a planning board, the individual shall recuse herself or himself from voting on matters previously decided by the planning board in a quasi-judicial capacity
in which the member participated as a voting member.
2 Planning Board Members Serving on Other Boards. Amend RSA 673:7, I 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. When a member also serves on a zoning board of adjustment, the individual shall recuse herself or himself from voting on matters previously decided by the zoning board of adjustment in a quasi-judicial capacity in which the member participated as a voting member.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.