79-C:15 Applicability of Chapter. –
All discretionary easement applications which were granted by a municipal governing body on or before August 2, 1996 shall continue to be governed for the remainder of their term of years by RSA 79-A, including those provisions amended or repealed by 1996, 176. This chapter shall apply only to applications for discretionary easements granted after August 2, 1996. The intent of the legislature is to honor the statutory terms upon which the parties relied and under which discretionary easements were granted before the effective date of this chapter. When those easements granted on or before August 2, 1996 expire, they shall be subject to renewal under this chapter.