HB 1272 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

15Mar2022... 0679h

2022 SESSION

22-2167

10/05

HOUSE BILL 1272

AN ACT limiting the authority of town health officers.

SPONSORS: Rep. Harvey-Bolia, Belk. 4; Rep. Blasek, Hills. 21; Rep. Berezhny, Graf. 9; Rep. Post, Hills. 4; Rep. Renzullo, Hills. 37; Rep. Binford, Graf. 15; Rep. Littlefield, Belk. 3; Rep. Pauer, Hills. 26

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

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ANALYSIS

This bill limits the authority of local health officers in making bylaws or ordinances relating to public health matters.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

15Mar2022... 0679h 22-2167

10/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

AN ACT limiting the authority of town health officers.

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

1  Local Health Officers; Regulations on Public Health.  Amend RSA 147:1, I to read as follows:

I.  The health officers of towns may make regulations for the prevention and removal of nuisances[, and such other regulations relating to the public health as in their judgment the health and safety of the people require] such as garbage, insects, unsanitary living conditions, septic, rodents, and safe drinking water inspections, which shall take effect when approved by the selectmen, recorded by the town clerk, and published in some newspaper printed in the town, or when copies thereof have been posted in 2 or more public places in the town.

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