CHAPTER 69

HB 1211 – FINAL VERSION

2010 SESSION

10-2533

06/03

HOUSE BILL 1211

AN ACT relative to special meetings in towns with official ballot town meetings.

SPONSORS: Rep. Osborne, Merr 12; Rep. Cooney, Graf 7

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits a deliberative meeting when the sole purpose of a special town meeting in an official ballot town is to consider a zoning change.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

10-2533

06/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten

AN ACT relative to special meetings in towns with official ballot town meetings.

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

69:1 New Paragraph; Use of Official Ballot. Amend RSA 40:13 by inserting after paragraph XVI the following new paragraph:

XVII. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the sole purpose of a special meeting is to consider the adoption, amendment, or repeal of a zoning ordinance, historic district ordinance, or building code pursuant to RSA 675, the meeting shall consist of only one session, which shall be for voting by official ballot on the proposed ordinance, code, amendment, or repeal. The warrant for the meeting shall be posted in accordance with RSA 39:5. This paragraph shall not apply to a special meeting for consideration of the adoption of an emergency temporary zoning and planning ordinance pursuant to RSA 675:4-a.

69:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: May 19, 2010

Effective Date: July 18, 2010