HB 1375-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2001 SESSION
06/09
HOUSE BILL 1375-FN
COMMITTEE: Public Works and Highways
This bill requires the commissioner of the department of transportation, prior to selling or leasing land acquired by the state for highway purposes within the prior 10 years but not used for highway purposes, to offer to resell such land to the original owner. If the offer is refused, the state shall pay the owner any profit made from the sale of the property.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01-2306
06/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT relative to the sale of land by the department of transportation.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Resale of Land Acquired for Highway Purposes. Amend RSA 228:31 to read as follows:
228:31
The commissioner may acquire, by agreement with the owner, lands and property or
any interest therein for highway purposes in the name of the state at what [he]
the commissioner considers a reasonable compensation, and, with
approval of the governor and council, may sell, convey, or lease, in the name of
the state, any land or property or any interest therein which the state has
acquired for highway purposes; provided, however, that if the commissioner
has obtained the land and property within the previous 10 years, he or she shall
first offer to resell it to the owner from whom it was acquired. If the
commissioner's offer is refused, the profit from any sale shall be paid over to
the person who was the owner at the time of the original acquisition.
The commissioner may authorize the use of highway funds by agreement with
another state agency or with a municipality, as authorized by federal
regulations, for the functional replacement of land and improvements required
for highway purposes.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
01-2306
9/19/01
HB 1375-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to the sale of land by the department of transportation.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to complete a fiscal note for this bill as it is awaiting information from an agency.