Municipal and County Government

Chairman: Diane Pauer
VChairman: John MacDonald
Clerk: Marie Louise Bjelobrk
Committee Asst: Cassidy Jones
Researcher: Kristi Ausfresser
Location: GP Room 154
Phone: 603-271-3125

There are 95 bills originally referred to this committee

Title: relative to maintaining the purpose of a petitioned warrant article.
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01/23/2025 10:40 AM
Title: relative to eligibility for local assistance.
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01/23/2025 11:15 AM
Title: prohibiting municipalities from banning use of grounds maintenance and snow and ice removal equipment with internal combustion engines.
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01/23/2025 01:00 PM
Title: limiting local assistance to U.S. citizens or permanent legal residents.
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02/04/2025 02:40 PM
Title: (Second New Title) relative to limiting conflicts of interest and concentrations of power for municipal board and committee members.
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01/23/2025 01:20 PM
Title: relative to county reimbursement of funds.
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02/10/2025 09:30 AM
Title: prohibiting the Grafton county attorney from engaging in the private practice of law.
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01/13/2026 10:30 AM
Title: subjecting appropriations of local conservation commissions to the approval of local governing bodies.
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02/03/2026 11:25 AM
Title: making the chapter relative to the register of deeds gender neutral.
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01/13/2026 09:40 AM
Title: relative to the filling of vacancies in the office of a county commissioner.
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01/13/2026 10:00 AM
Title: relative to warrant articles authorizing lease agreements.
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01/27/2026 10:50 AM
Title: relative to authorizing or rescinding the use of electronic ballot counting devices.
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01/30/2026 11:45 AM
Title: relative to the authority of police commissions.
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01/30/2026 10:50 AM
Title: making the term of office for certain Belknap county elected officials 4 years.
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01/13/2026 10:45 AM
Title: enabling municipal budget committees to have alternate members.
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02/03/2026 09:30 AM
Title: enabling towns to establish a 3-year term for town moderators.
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02/03/2026 10:05 AM
Title: increasing the limit for moneys remitted to municipal treasurers.
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02/03/2026 09:50 AM
Title: relative to the official ballot referendum form of town meetings.
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01/23/2026 02:00 PM
Title: relative to the town meeting form of local governance.
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01/23/2026 09:35 AM
Title: prohibiting the acquisition of prescriptive rights in private roads through adverse use.
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02/10/2026 09:45 AM
Title: relative to municipal budget committee membership.
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01/30/2026 10:10 AM
Title: relative to the use of capital reserve funds.
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02/03/2026 10:45 AM
Title: relative to conservation commission appropriations.
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02/03/2026 11:40 AM
Title: relative to the county-state finance commission.
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01/13/2026 11:00 AM
Title: removing the requirement for municipalities to have an advisory board for development districts.
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01/27/2026 09:40 AM
Title: relative to public hearing notice requirements for zoning board of adjustment appeals.
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02/10/2026 10:05 AM
Title: relative to the issuance of no trespass orders on municipal or school district property.
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01/27/2026 09:55 AM
Title: relative to municipal zoning requirements for child day care providers.
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02/10/2026 10:30 AM
Title: (New Title) prohibiting state and county owned lands from participating in timber carbon sequestration projects.
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01/13/2026 11:45 AM
Title: (New Title) relative to the number, selection, and terms of town highway agents and relative to the appointment of an expert highway agent.
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01/30/2026 11:10 AM
Title: relative to public libraries.
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02/10/2026 02:10 PM
Title: allowing the governing bodies of municipalities, cities, and towns to review and approve school budgets.
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02/03/2026 11:10 AM
Title: relative to the default budget for official ballot town meetings.
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01/23/2026 10:20 AM
Title: relative to the calculation of the local tax cap.
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01/16/2026 09:45 AM
Title: requiring county convention budget estimates to delineate between funding used for operations of county government and funding used for other state or federal government purposes.
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01/13/2026 11:15 AM
Title: relative to planning board members serving on other local boards.
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01/20/2026 11:05 AM
Title: enabling municipal support and incentives for residential flood resilience improvements.
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01/20/2026 10:15 AM
Title: allowing municipalities, cities, and towns a grace period to adopt a simple-majority tax cap override procedure in perpetuity.
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01/16/2026 09:15 AM
Title: relative to the conditions for, and procedures for the adoption of, the elderly tax exemption.
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01/16/2026 10:45 AM
Title: authorizing municipalities to adopt zoning ordinances related to the protection, management, or replacement of tree canopy.
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02/10/2026 11:10 AM
Title: relative to town meeting warrants.
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01/27/2026 11:20 AM
Title: enabling towns, village districts, or school districts to adopt or rescind a local fiscal accountability committee for towns and schools.
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01/27/2026 10:30 AM
Title: exempting the land and buildings of Masonic lodges and associations from property taxation.
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01/16/2026 10:10 AM
Title: relative to the definition of commercially-zoned land.
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02/10/2026 11:35 AM
Title: relative to intermunicipal compacts.
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01/20/2026 10:00 AM
Title: relative to uniform municipal standards for regulation of home-based businesses.
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02/10/2026 01:00 PM
Title: relative to eliminating the default budget from the official ballot referenda.
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01/23/2026 11:15 AM
Title: (New Title) relative to the manner of posting the warrant for town meetings.
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01/27/2026 11:30 AM
Title: requiring the assessment of real property and land be based on replacement or cost-based value.
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01/30/2026 09:15 AM
Title: relative to methods for overriding local tax caps.
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01/16/2026 09:25 AM
Title: prohibiting the use of negative property tax rates in certain municipalities.
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01/23/2026 09:15 AM
Title: enabling citizens in a municipality to vote to require that a financial audit of the local school district take place.
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02/10/2026 09:25 AM
Title: removing the ability of the governing body or budget committee to give a written recommendation about a warrant article on the ballot.
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01/27/2026 11:40 AM
Title: enabling the municipal officers to place a proposed charter amendment on the ballot that changes the form of government of the municipality.
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01/27/2026 11:55 AM
Title: creating a property tax exemption and credit opt-out mechanism.
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01/16/2026 10:30 AM
Title: enabling municipalities, cities, and towns to adopt a land value tax system and making an appropriation therefor.
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01/23/2026 09:00 AM
Title: limiting the authority of a municipality, county, or school district to issue bonds.
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01/23/2026 10:00 AM
Title: enabling municipalities to vote to allow the sale of Keno.
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02/03/2026 11:55 AM
Title: encouraging municipalities with sewage systems to extend system service to neighboring communities.
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01/20/2026 09:45 AM
Title: (New Title) relative to a flood resilience section in municipal master plans.
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01/20/2026 10:25 AM
Title: relative to the use of agricultural fairground property.
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02/10/2026 01:15 PM
Title: repealing the motor vehicle registration permit fee.
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01/20/2026 11:30 AM
Title: increasing the maximum amount of the optional veterans' tax credit, optional combat service tax credit, and optional surviving spouse tax credit.
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01/16/2026 11:00 AM
Title: relative to replacing members of local land use boards for certain conduct.
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01/20/2026 10:50 AM
Title: requiring municipalities, towns, and cities to submit documentation to the department of revenue administration proving they are in compliance with local budget and tax caps.
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01/23/2026 01:15 PM
Title: allowing municipalities to hold a vote to prevent their residents from receiving education freedom account vouchers.
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02/03/2026 10:20 AM
Title: (New Title) allowing municipalities to vote to require that pie charts, bar charts, and QR codes be placed on property tax bills depicting where and how tax dollars are being allocated.
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01/30/2026 11:25 AM
Title: permitting remote participation at county delegation meetings.
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01/13/2026 11:30 AM
Title: relative to the adopting of a municipal budget committee and electing members thereof.
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01/30/2026 10:30 AM
Title: relative to methods for rescinding local tax caps.
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01/16/2026 09:35 AM
Title: requiring applicants for games of chance facilities licensees and game operator employer licensees to enter into host community agreements with municipalities.
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01/27/2026 10:15 AM
Title: relative to the determination of the default budget by the budget committee.
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01/23/2026 10:45 AM
Title: (New Title) allowing municipalities to adopt a requirement that property owners be given notice when the assessed value of their property changes by certain amounts.
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01/30/2026 09:40 AM
Title: permitting municipalities to establish special assessment districts for infrastructure improvements.
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01/30/2026 09:55 AM
Title: prohibiting certain tax dollars from being donated to non-profit organizations.
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01/23/2026 11:00 AM
Title: relative to local property tax exemptions for veterans with a 100 percent disability rating.
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01/16/2026 09:00 AM
Title: creating a tax exemption for certain lower-income property owners.
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01/16/2026 09:55 AM
Title: requiring a recommendation by a local budget committee or governing body when including warrant articles with a tax impact in an estimate for raising taxes under a local tax cap.
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01/27/2026 09:30 AM
Title: (New Title) relative to the term of office for county officers in Belknap and Merrimack counties.
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01/13/2026 09:50 AM
Title: relative to impact fees.
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01/20/2026 09:30 AM
Title: relative to limitations and qualifications for land placed in current use.
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02/10/2026 01:40 PM
Title: expanding the number of Grafton county commissioners.
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01/13/2026 10:15 AM
Title: relative to governmental land uses.
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01/23/2026 01:45 PM
Title: allowing organizations to file for property tax exemptions once and receive those exemptions unless and until a town assessor finds the organization ineligible for an exemption.
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01/30/2026 09:00 AM
Title: relative to the disqualification of a member of a local land use board.
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01/20/2026 10:40 AM
Title: relative to training, testing, and certification of local land use board members and making an appropriations therefor.
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01/20/2026 11:20 AM
Title: urging New Hampshire counties to establish co-ed sports leagues.
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01/13/2026 09:30 AM
Title: relative to the zoning board of adjustment variance criteria.
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04/07/2026 10:25 AM
Title: relative to municipal data center zoning.
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04/07/2026 10:00 AM
Title: relative to the adoption of energy efficient and clean energy districts by municipalities.
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04/07/2026 12:10 PM
Title: increasing the limit for transfers of appropriations in Carroll County.
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04/07/2026 11:35 AM
Title: relative to the zoning board of adjustments appeal period.
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04/07/2026 10:45 AM
Title: relative to audits for communications districts.
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04/07/2026 11:50 AM
Title: (Second New Title) requiring municipalities, towns, and cities to submit documentation to the department of revenue administration proving they are in compliance with local budget and tax caps and requiring municipalities to hold a public hearing and conduct a roll call vote when seeking to override a tax or spending cap.
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04/07/2026 11:00 AM
Title: (New Title) enabling counties to change the dates of their biennial budgets and relative to the adopting of a municipal budget committee and electing members thereof.
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04/07/2026 11:20 AM