HB 83 - AS INTRODUCED
2023 SESSION
23-0147
02/10
HOUSE BILL 83
AN ACT relative to county commissioners' authority on county buildings.
SPONSORS: Rep. Aron, Sull. 4; Rep. Rollins, Sull. 3; Rep. C. McGuire, Merr. 27; Rep. Stapleton, Sull. 6; Rep. Cloutier, Sull. 6
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
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ANALYSIS
This bill removes references to expense thresholds for county commissioners' authority to purchase real estate and repair, enlarge, or erect county buildings.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
23-0147
02/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to county commissioners' authority on county buildings.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Counties; County Buildings. Amend RSA 28:5 to read as follows:
28:5 County Buildings. The county commissioners may repair, enlarge, or erect county buildings [at an expense not exceeding $5,000] when so authorized by the county convention.
2 Counties; Real Estate. Amend RSA 28:7 to read as follows:
28:7 Real Estate. When so authorized by the county convention they may purchase such real estate as may be required for county correctional facilities, including county farms, or other county uses, and may repair, enlarge or erect county buildings [at a cost exceeding $5,000]; and, with like authority, they may sell any of the county's real estate.
3 Repeal. RSA 30-B:2, relative to county corrections real estate and buildings, is repealed.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.