HB 818 - AS INTRODUCED
2003 SESSION
06/09
HOUSE BILL 818
AN ACT relative to clearing land before plan approval.
SPONSORS: Rep. M. Allen, Rock 81; Rep. John Manning, Rock 76
COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development
This bill prohibits clearing land for commercial development or other land conversion activity before the plan has been approved by the department of environmental services.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03-0901
06/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three
AN ACT relative to clearing land before plan approval.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Cutting of Timber Near Certain Waters and Public Highways of the State; Commercial Development or Other Land Conversion Activity Added. Amend RSA 227-J:9, III to read as follows:
III. No person shall clear land of natural vegetation on a given lot, tract, or parcel proposed for subdivision, commercial development, or other land conversion activity pursuant to RSA 485-A:32, unless such subdivision, commercial development, or other land conversion activity plan has been submitted and approved in accordance with the requirements of RSA 485-A.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.