HB 1690 - AS INTRODUCED
2026 SESSION
26-2708
09/06
HOUSE BILL 1690
AN ACT relative to impact fees.
SPONSORS: Rep. Perez, Rock. 16; Rep. Kuttab, Rock. 17; Rep. Andrus, Merr. 5; Rep. Morse, Merr. 3; Rep. Sellers, Graf. 10; Sen. Innis, Dist 7
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
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ANALYSIS
This bill authorizes impact fees to be used for the purchase of safety equipment including but not limited to police, fire, and other emergency public safety vehicles and equipment.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2708
09/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six
AN ACT relative to impact fees.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Zoning; Innovative Land Use Controls; Impact Fees; Authorized Uses. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 674:21, V to read as follows:
V. As used in this section "impact fee" means a fee or assessment imposed upon development, including subdivision, building construction, or other land use change, in order to help meet the needs occasioned by that development for the construction or improvement of capital facilities owned or operated by the municipality, including and limited to water treatment and distribution facilities; wastewater treatment and disposal facilities; sanitary sewers; storm water, drainage and flood control facilities; municipal road systems and rights-of-way; municipal office facilities; public school facilities; public works facilities; the municipality's proportional share of capital facilities of a cooperative or regional school district of which the municipality is a member; public safety facilities; solid waste collection, transfer, recycling, processing, and disposal facilities; public library facilities; [and] public recreational facilities not including public open space; and the purchase of additional safety equipment, to an existing fleet, including but not limited to police, fire, and other emergency public safety vehicles and equipment if approved by the governing body. No later than July 1, 1993, all impact fee ordinances shall be subject to the following:
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Dec. 12, 2025: Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 1