Bill Text: NH HB175 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishing a committee to study improving the efficiency of the financial approval process for housing subdivisions used by the department of justice.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-05-07 - Signed by the Governor on 5/5/2015; Chapter 08; Effective Date 5/5/2015 [HB175 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2015-HB175-Introduced.html

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HB 175 – AS INTRODUCED

2015 SESSION

15-0856

05/09

HOUSE BILL 175

AN ACT establishing a committee to study removing the department of justice from the financial approval process for residential condominium and housing subdivisions.

SPONSORS: Rep. Infantine, Hills 13

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill establishes a committee to study removing the department of justice from the financial approval process for residential condominium and housing subdivisions.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

15-0856

05/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen

AN ACT establishing a committee to study removing the department of justice from the financial approval process for residential condominium and housing subdivisions.

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

1 Committee Established. There is established a committee to study removing the department of justice from the financial approval process for residential condominium and housing subdivisions.

2 Membership and Compensation.

I. The members of the committee shall be as follows:

(a) Three members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.

(b) Two members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.

II. Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.

3 Duties. The committee shall study removing the department of justice from the financial approval process for residential condominium and housing subdivisions.

4 Chairperson; Quorum. The members of the study committee shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the committee shall be called by the first-named house member. The first meeting of the committee shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Three members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.

5 Report. The committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2015.

6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.