HB 251 - AS INTRODUCED
2001 SESSION
08/01
HOUSE BILL 251
AN ACT establishing that local zoning ordinances regulating location are applicable to community living facilities.
SPONSORS: Rep. Pepino, Hills 40; Rep. Vaillancourt, Hills 44; Rep. L. Johnson, Hills 40; Rep. Souza, Hills 40; Rep. Buckley, Hills 44; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. O'Neil, Dist 18; Sen. Gatsas, Dist 16
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
This bill establishes that a lawfully adopted local zoning ordinance that has the effect of regulating the location of a community living facility shall be valid and applicable with respect to such regulation.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01-0031
08/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT establishing that local zoning ordinances regulating location are applicable to community living facilities.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Applicability of Local Zoning Ordinances; Location. Amend RSA 126-A by inserting after section 21 the following new section:
126-A:21-a Applicability of Local Zoning Ordinances; Location. A local zoning ordinance lawfully adopted by a municipality and otherwise fully valid, having the effect of regulating the location of a community living facility, shall be valid and applicable with respect to such regulation of a community living facility.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.