Bill Text: NH SB349 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requiring the legislature to give preference to deceased military veterans and first responders in the naming of bridges.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-16 - Refer to Interim Study, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; 02/16/2022; Senate Journal 3 [SB349 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2022-SB349-Introduced.html

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SB 349  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2022 SESSION

22-3108

08/04

 

SENATE BILL 349

 

AN ACT requiring the legislature to give preference to deceased military veterans and first responders in the naming of bridges.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 1; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Rep. Homola, Hills. 27; Rep. Edwards, Rock. 4; Rep. Baldasaro, Rock. 5

 

COMMITTEE: Transportation

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires the legislature to give preference to deceased military veterans and first responders in the process of naming a bridge.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22-3108

08/04

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

 

AN ACT requiring the legislature to give preference to deceased military veterans and first responders in the naming of bridges.

 

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

 

1  Powers of the Governor and Council; Naming of Certain Buildings and Formations; Preference in Naming.  Amend RSA 4:43, I to read as follows:

I. No state park, bridge, mountain, road, river, or body of water under the control of the state, shall be renamed without legislative approval.  Insofar as practicable, when considering names for bridges, the legislature shall give preference to deceased military veterans, and emergency response/public safety workers as defined in RSA 281-A:2, V-c.

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