CHAPTER 43
HB 165-FN - FINAL VERSION
2025 SESSION
25-0138
02/06
HOUSE BILL 165-FN
SPONSORS: Rep. J. Aron, Sull. 4; Rep. Buco, Carr. 1; Rep. Cloutier, Sull. 6; Rep. Creighton, Hills. 30; Rep. Spillane, Rock. 2; Rep. Terry, Belk. 7; Rep. C. McGuire, Merr. 27; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. Watters, Dist 4
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
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ANALYSIS
This bill increases the maximum annual amount of disaster relief funding a municipality may receive from the state disaster relief fund.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0138
02/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
43:1 Homeland Security and Emergency Management; Municipal Road and Bridge Disaster Relief Funding. Amend RSA 21-P:37-e to read as follows:
21-P:37-e Disaster Relief Procedures. A municipality may request infrastructural disaster relief more than once in a calendar year, but shall not receive more than [$25,000] $100,000 in grant money from this program in a calendar year. Requests shall be filed with the joint legislative fiscal committee within 45 days after the governor's declaration. Moneys shall be distributed from the New Hampshire disaster relief fund established in RSA 21-P:46-a. The joint legislative fiscal committee may decide to appropriate a lesser amount to the request based on available funding.
43:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 29, 2025
Effective Date: July 28, 2025