HB 1141 - AS INTRODUCED
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2001 SESSION
06/09
HOUSE BILL 1141
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
This bill requires a 2/3 affirmative vote by ballot to adopt any innovative land use zoning ordinance or amendment that is not recommended by the planning board.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01-2053
06/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT relative to the adoption of innovative land use zoning.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Innovative Land Use Zoning Not Recommended by the Planning Board. Amend RSA 675:3 by inserting after paragraph IX the following new paragraph:
X. Notwithstanding the majority vote required in RSA 675:3, I and VII and RSA 675:4, III, any innovative land use zoning ordinance or amendment proposed under RSA 674:16 and not recommended by the planning board shall require for enactment a 2/3 affirmative vote by ballot of the legal voters present and voting at the annual town or village district meeting.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.