Bill Text: NH HB1460 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Relative to perambulation of town boundaries.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-09 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 03/09/2016 House Journal 23 P. 57 [HB1460 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2016-HB1460-Introduced.html

HB 1460 - AS INTRODUCED

 

2016 SESSION

16-2489

08/09

 

HOUSE BILL 1460

 

AN ACT relative to perambulation of town boundaries.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Hunt, Ches. 11; Rep. Chandler, Carr. 1

 

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill makes the perambulation of town boundaries permissive rather than mandatory.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16-2489

08/09

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

 

AN ACT relative to perambulation of town boundaries.

 

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

 

1  Perambulation of Town Boundaries; Not Mandatory.  Amend RSA 51:2 to read as follows:

51:2  Perambulation of Town Lines.  The lines between the towns in this state [shall] may be perambulated, and the marks and bounds renewed, once in every 7 years forever, by the selectmen of the towns, or by such persons as they shall in writing appoint for that purpose.

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

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