HB 1297 – AS INTRODUCED

2014 SESSION

14-2415

06/03

HOUSE BILL 1297

AN ACT relative to workforce housing grants.

SPONSORS: Rep. Burt, Hills 6; Rep. Beaudoin, Straf 9; Rep. Cormier, Belk 8; Sen. Cataldo, Dist 6

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

ANALYSIS

This bill requires approval of the legislative body of a town prior to an application for, or acceptance or expenditure of, workforce housing grants.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

14-2415

06/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen

AN ACT relative to workforce housing grants.

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

1 New Section; Application for, Acceptance of, and Expenditure of Workforce Housing Grants. Amend RSA 674 by inserting after section 59 the following new section:

674:59-a Application for, Acceptance of, and Expenditure of Workforce Housing Grants. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no municipality shall apply for, accept, nor expend any workforce housing grant from the state, federal government, or other governmental unit unless such application, acceptance, or expenditure is approved at the annual meeting or a special meeting called for such purpose.

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