HB 1246 - AS INTRODUCED
2026 SESSION
26-2738
04/09
HOUSE BILL 1246
AN ACT relative to planning board members serving on other local boards.
SPONSORS: Rep. Fracht, Graf. 16; Rep. Aylward, Merr. 5; Rep. Stavis, Graf. 13; Rep. Pauer, Hills. 36
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
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ANALYSIS
This bill mandates that a member of a planning board, who also serves on a zoning board, may only participate and vote on one board when an application or development project is heard by both boards.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2738
04/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six
AN ACT relative to planning board members serving on other local boards.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Planning Board Members Serving on Other Local 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. A member who also serves on a zoning board of adjustment shall recuse from voting on any matter previously decided by that board in a quasi-judicial capacity in which the member participated as a voting member.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Dec. 1, 2025: To Be Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Municipal and County Government