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2002 SESSION

01-2301

09/10

HOUSE BILL 1247

COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill establishes a committee to review the impact on revenue flows to municipalities from lands being bought by federal, state, and other public agencies from private entities for conservation purposes.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

21feb02...2576h

01-2301

09/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Two

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

60:1 Committee Established. There is established a committee to review the impact on revenue flows to municipalities from lands being bought by federal, state, and other public agencies from private entities for conservation purposes.

60:2 Membership and Compensation.

I. The members of the committee shall be as follows:

(a) Three members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house.

(b) Three members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.

II. Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.

60:3 Duties. The committee shall review the impact on revenue flows to municipalities from lands being bought by federal, state, and other public agencies from private entities for conservation purposes. The committee shall also study the feasibility of assessing a land transfer fee on each such land transfer and designating the fee for public education in the school district or districts affected by that land transfer.

60:4 Chairperson; Quorum. The members of the study committee shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the committee shall be called by the first-named house member. The first meeting of the committee shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Four members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.

60:5 Report. The committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate president, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2002.

60:6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

(Approved: April 26, 2002)

(Effective Date: April 26, 2002)