Bill Text: NH HB275 | 2015 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relative to the encroachment of a town cemetery on state-owned land.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-05-07 - Signed by the Governor on 5/5/2015; Chapter 13; Effective Date 5/5/2015 [HB275 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2015-HB275-Enrolled.html

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HB 275 – VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

2015 SESSION

15-0462

08/05

HOUSE BILL 275

AN ACT relative to the encroachment of a town cemetery on state-owned land.

SPONSORS: Rep. Coffey, Hills 25; Rep. Parison, Hills 25

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

ANALYSIS

This bill enables the town of New Ipswich to enter into an agreement with the department of environmental services regarding the lot line of a cemetery in New Ipswich.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

15-0462

08/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen

AN ACT relative to the encroachment of a town cemetery on state-owned land.

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

1 Agreement for Lot Line Adjustment; New Ipswich.

I. The commissioner of the department of environmental services and the selectmen of the town of New Ipswich may enter into a lot line agreement (boundary adjustment) between the state property identified on the New Ipswich tax maps as Map 9, Lot 20 and the Smithville Cemetery, Map 9, Lot 21.

II. The New Ipswich selectmen shall have the authority to utilize their December 31, 2014 undesignated fund balance to provide funding for the moving of graves and other related expenses, provided that the amount to be used shall not reduce the town’s fund balance to an amount less than 5 percent, as determined by the department of revenue at the 2014 tax rate setting.

III. Should the town have insufficient undesignated fund balance available to move the necessary graves, the town shall have permission to hold a special town meeting for this purpose.

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