Bill Text: NH SB259 | 2015 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Relative to place of assembly licenses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-08 - Signed by the Governor on 05/07/2015; Chapter 0039; Effective 07/06/2015 [SB259 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2015-SB259-Chaptered.html
CHAPTER 39
SB 259-FN-LOCAL – FINAL VERSION
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2015 SESSION
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SENATE BILL 259-FN-LOCAL
AN ACT relative to place of assembly licenses.
SPONSORS: Sen. Forrester, Dist 2; Sen. Cataldo, Dist 6; Rep. Vadney, Belk 2
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill designates the commissioner of the department of safety as the licensing agency for places of assembly on state waters.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT relative to place of assembly licenses.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
39:1 Places of Assembly; Definitions. Amend RSA 155:17, II to read as follows:
II. “Licensing agency” shall mean the chief of the fire department, the firewards or engineers, if any, otherwise the selectmen of the town or the commissioners of village district as the case may be, or in the case of assemblies occurring on state waters, or ice formed on state waters, the commissioner of the department of safety or designee.
39:2 Places of Assembly; License Required. Amend RSA 155:18 to read as follows:
155:18 License Required. No person shall own or operate a place of assembly within this state unless licensed so to do by the licensing agency of the city, town, or village district where said place of assembly is located, or in the case of assemblies occurring on state waters, or ice formed on state waters, the commissioner of the department of safety or designee, in accordance with the regulations herein promulgated. In the application of this act to existing places of assembly the licensing agency may modify such of its provisions as would require structural changes if in his or her opinion adequate safety may be obtained otherwise and provided that a permanent record is kept of such modifications and the reasons therefor.
39:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 7, 2015
Effective Date: July 6, 2015
