HB 339  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2025 SESSION

25-0647

06/02

 

HOUSE BILL 339

 

AN ACT relative to municipal master plans.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Bixby, Straf. 13; Rep. J. Aron, Sull. 4; Rep. N. Germana, Ches. 15; Rep. Haskins, Rock. 11; Rep. Knab, Rock. 12; Sen. Watters, Dist 4

 

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill expands the scope of the master plan to include preservation of agriculture land and promotion of food production enterprises as well as any other relevant topics.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

25-0647

06/02

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

 

AN ACT relative to municipal master plans.

 

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

 

1  New Subparagraphs; Master Plan; Purpose and Description.  Amend RSA 674:2 by inserting after subparagraph III(q) the following new subparagraphs:

(r)  An agriculture and food production section which shows existing agricultural areas and addresses the need for agricultural land preservation and the importance of retaining and promoting food production enterprises.

(s)  Any other section addressing any other topic relevant to the appropriate future development of the area under the jurisdiction of the planning board that is not specifically enumerated in this section.

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