SB 46 - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-1079
07/06
SENATE BILL 46
SPONSORS: Sen. Ward, Dist 8
COMMITTEE: Election Law and Municipal Affairs
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ANALYSIS
This bill allows municipalities to permit land affected by new construction or reconstruction to be eligible for current use valuation only after a no-cut, vegetated buffer is established and maintained.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-1079
07/06
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; Taxation; Current Use Taxation; Assessment of Open Space Land. Amend RSA 79-A:5 by inserting after paragraph VII the following new paragraph:
VIII. Municipalities may adopt ordinances to enroll land affected by new construction or reconstruction for current use only after a minimum 75-foot no-cut vegetated buffer to the ordinary high water line of any adjacent perennial stream, shoreline of any great pond, or from tidal mean higher high water is established and maintained.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 21, 2025 | Senate | Hearing |
| March 20, 2025 | Senate | Floor Vote |
March 20, 2025: Inexpedient to Legislate, MA, VV === BILL KILLED ===; 03/20/2025; SJ 8
March 12, 2025: Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 03/20/2025, Vote 4-0, CC; SC 13
Jan. 16, 2025: Hearing: 01/21/2025, Room 103, LOB, 09:45 am; SC 7
Jan. 9, 2025: Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 3