Bill Text: NH HB414 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to evacuations under a state of emergency.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-10-25 - Executive Session: 10/25/2021 10:30 a.m. Legislative Office Building306-308 [HB414 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2021-HB414-Introduced.html
HB 414 - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
21-0613
05/04
HOUSE BILL 414
AN ACT relative to evacuations under a state of emergency.
SPONSORS: Rep. T. Lekas, Hills. 37
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill provides that the governor may recommend, but not compel, evacuation under the emergency management powers of RSA 4:45. The bill also provides that emergency services shall not be required for those who choose not to evacuate.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
21-0613
05/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT relative to evacuations under a state of emergency.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 State of Emergency Declaration; Evacuations. Amend RSA 4:45, III(c) to read as follows:
(c) To provide for and [compel] recommend the evacuation of all or part of the population from any stricken or threatened area or areas within the state and to take such steps as are necessary for the receipt and care of such evacuees; provided that emergency services shall not be required for those who have chosen not to evacuate.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
