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1 New Section; Reporting Requirements. Amend RSA 20 by inserting after section 6 the following new section:
20:6-a Reporting Requirements. All state departments administering permitting programs that regulate the use of real property or the construction or operation of stationary structures, infrastructure, or facilities on real property shall, beginning on February 28, 2025, and on each February 28 thereafter, report in writing to the senate president, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chair of the senate executive departments and administration committee, and the chair of the house executive departments and administration committee on the previous calendar year's permitting activity. Such reports shall identify each permitting program administered by the department, enumerate the categories of permits the department has the authority to issue within each program, and for each such category of permit state:
I. The number of applications for such permits and the number of such permits the department granted or denied.
II. The number of applications pending as of January 1 of the year that is the subject of the report and when each such application was submitted to the department.
III. For any application that was pending at any time without decision more than 90 days after submission to the department:
(a) The date on which the department notified the applicant that the application was incomplete or the department requested further information from the applicant.
(b) The date on which the applicant submitted further information to the department in response to an incompleteness determination or a request for further information.
(c) The number and length of any extensions requested by the department of any applicable deadline set by statute or rule for a decision on the application.
(d) The date of any public hearing on the application.
(e) The date on which the department rendered a decision on the application.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
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1 New Section; Reporting Requirements. Amend RSA 20 by inserting after section 6 the following new section:
20:6-a Reporting Requirements. All state departments administering permitting programs that regulate the use of real property or the construction or operation of stationary structures, infrastructure, or facilities on real property shall, beginning on February 28, 2025, and on each February 28 thereafter, report in writing to the senate president, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chair of the senate executive departments and administration committee, and the chair of the house executive departments and administration committee on the previous calendar year's permitting activity. Such reports shall identify each permitting program administered by the department, enumerate the categories of permits the department has the authority to issue within each program, and for each such category of permit state:
I. The number of applications for such permits and the number of such permits the department granted or denied.
II. The number of applications pending as of January 1 of the year that is the subject of the report and when each such application was submitted to the department.
III. For any application that was pending at any time without decision more than 90 days after submission to the department:
(a) The date on which the department notified the applicant that the application was incomplete or the department requested further information from the applicant.
(b) The date on which the applicant submitted further information to the department in response to an incompleteness determination or a request for further information.
(c) The number and length of any extensions requested by the department of any applicable deadline set by statute or rule for a decision on the application.
(d) The date of any public hearing on the application.
(e) The date on which the department rendered a decision on the application.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.