HB 474 - AS INTRODUCED
2003 SESSION
06/09
HOUSE BILL 474
AN ACT relative to the appointment of alternates to sit at meetings of the planning and zoning boards and the rules of order used by local land use boards.
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
This bill provides that:
I. Alternates shall be designated to act on local land use boards in the order of their service on the board.
II. Local land use boards shall adopt rules of order once each year.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03-0759
06/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three
AN ACT relative to the appointment of alternates to sit at meetings of the planning and zoning boards and the rules of order used by local land use boards.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Designation of Alternate Member; Meetings. Amend RSA 673:11 to read as follows:
673:11 Designation of Alternate Members. Whenever a regular member of a local land use board is absent or whenever a regular member disqualifies himself or herself, the chairperson shall designate an alternate, if one is present, to act in the absent member's place; except that only the alternate designated for the city or town council, board of selectmen, or village district commission member shall serve in place of that member. The chairperson shall designate alternates in the order of the number of years served on the board, designating first the person with the longest total service as a regular member, an alternate member, or a combination.
2 Open Meetings; Records; Rules of Order. Amend RSA 673:17 to read as follows:
673:17 Open Meetings; Records.
I. Each local land use board shall hold its meetings and maintain its records in accordance with RSA 91-A.
II. Once in each calendar year at a regular meeting, each local land use board shall adopt, by majority vote, rules of order to be used for the course of the year.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.