HB 401 - AS INTRODUCED

2001 SESSION

01-0742

08/10

HOUSE BILL 401

AN ACT relative to the receipt of information from regional planning commissions by local land use boards.

SPONSORS: Rep. Melcher, Hills 11; Rep. M. Fuller Clark, Rock 36

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

ANALYSIS

This bill provides that, upon receipt of written comment or testimony from a regional planning commission by a local land use board regarding a board determination that a proposed development has a potential regional impact, the board shall, in writing by certified mail, acknowledge that the information has been received and respond to the issues raised.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

01-0742

08/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One

AN ACT relative to the receipt of information from regional planning commissions by local land use boards.

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

1 New Paragraph; Proposed Development with Potential Regional Impact; Acknowledgment by Local Land Use Boards. Amend RSA 36:57 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:

IV. Upon receipt of written comment or testimony from the regional planning commission, the local land use board shall, in writing by certified mail, acknowledge that the information has been received and respond to the issues raised.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.