SB 94 – AS INTRODUCED

2011 SESSION

11-0833

09/01

SENATE BILL 94

AN ACT relative to state certification of community residences in municipalities with zoning ordinances which accommodate certified community residences.

SPONSORS: Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Rep. Ahlgren, Carr 4; Rep. Knox, Carr 4

COMMITTEE: Public and Municipal Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill establishes that when a municipality has zoning ordinances which accommodate certified community residences in certain areas within the municipality, the state shall not certify a community residence for location in an area of the municipality which is not zoned for such residence without the approval of the municipality’s planning board.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

11-0833

09/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT relative to state certification of community residences in municipalities with zoning ordinances which accommodate certified community residences.

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

1 New Section; Certified Community Residences Subject to Zoning Ordinances. Amend RSA 171-A by inserting after section 1-d the following new section:

171-A:1-e Certified Community Residences Subject to Zoning Ordinances. In a municipality which has adopted zoning ordinances which accommodate the location of certified community residences in certain areas of the municipality, the state shall not certify a community residence for location in an area of the municipality which is not zoned for such community residence without the approval of the planning board of the municipality.

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