SB 374 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

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2000 SESSION

00-2624

10/09

SENATE BILL 374

AN ACT relative to the duties of the study committee on land management, protection of farmland, rural character, environmental quality, and sprawl.

SPONSORS: Sen. Trombly, Dist 7; Rep. M. Fuller Clark, Rock 36; Rep. Virtue, Merr 9; Rep. Bouchard, Merr 22

COMMITTEE: Energy and Economic Development

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill adds a duty concerning growth expansion and regional planning laws to the study committee on land management, protection of farmland, rural character, environmental quality, and sprawl.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

3/16/00 3824s

00-2624

10/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand

AN ACT relative to the duties of the study committee on land management, protection of farmland, rural character, environmental quality, and sprawl.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Study Committee on Land Management, Protection of Farmland, Rural Character, Environmental Quality, and Sprawl as amended by 1999, 23; Duty Added. Amend 1998, 197:4 to read as follows:

197:4 Duties. The committee shall examine the laws of states that provide mechanisms for local management of residential, commercial, and industrial development proposals and shall explore alternative approaches to protect and preserve the farmlands, rural and community character, and environmental quality of New Hampshire. The committee shall also study growth expansion and regional planning laws, for the purpose of recommending criteria for involvement from community to community.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.