HB320: relative to agreements between central business service districts and municipalities for infrastructure improvements.

CHAPTER 81

HB 320-LOCAL – FINAL VERSION

24Mar2009… 0856h

2009 SESSION

09-0397

06/10

HOUSE BILL 320-LOCAL

AN ACT relative to agreements between central business service districts and municipalities for infrastructure improvements.

SPONSORS: Rep. M. O'Brien, Hills 26; Rep. Caron, Hills 25; Rep. T. Soucy, Hills 25; Rep. Rhodes, Hills 22

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill permits central business service districts to make capital expenditures of not more than $20,000 per project.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24Mar2009… 0856h

09-0397

06/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine

AN ACT relative to agreements between central business service districts and municipalities for infrastructure improvements.

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

81:1 Purpose Statement. Amend RSA 31:120 to read as follows:

31:120 Purpose. The declared purpose of this subdivision is to enable municipalities to establish central business service districts in high density areas of predominantly commercial uses to provide property services at a more intensive level than is provided in the balance of the municipality; to provide funds for capital expenditures of not more than $20,000 per project; and to authorize the establishment of charges to owners of property within such central business service districts in an amount not to exceed the costs to the municipality of providing such services at levels over and above those provided in the balance of the municipality.

81:2 Services Advisory Committee; Cost. Amend RSA 31:122, I to read as follows:

I.(a) The services which may be provided by a municipality in a central business service district under the provisions of this subdivision may include property-related services performed in the public right-of-way, including sidewalk snow removal, landscaping, street and sidewalk cleaning, refuse collection, and other business development services and activities related to the maintenance of an attractive, useful, and economically viable business environment. These services and activities may be either those of a routine nature provided for all properties, or may be particular to those in the central business service district.

(b) After a duly noticed public hearing, capital expenditures of not more than $20,000 per project that have been approved by a 2/3 vote of the advisory board shall be subject to approval by a 2/3 vote of the governing body.

81:3 Services Advisory Committee; Cost. Amend RSA 31:122, III to read as follows:

III. The costs of providing special services in the central business service district shall be those accruing to the municipality which result exclusively from the provision of services in the district which exceed those being provided in the balance of the municipality. The costs of services provided throughout the municipality or available to all properties and the costs of services or levels of services regularly and routinely provided within the central business service district prior to July 23, 1983, may not be included as costs for the purpose of this subdivision. [Further, capital expenditures, with the exception of tools and equipment utilized in the normal business practice of and incidental to, the provision of services set forth in paragraph I may not be included as costs for the purpose of this subdivision.]

81:4 Method of Appropriation. Amend RSA 31:123 to read as follows:

31:123 Method of Appropriation. Each municipality shall adopt a budget for capital expenditures or services to be performed in a central business service district as part of its budget process. At the end of the fiscal year, a full accounting of expenditures shall be made. Balances or deficits of the central business service district account shall be reflected in the subsequent year's account budget to offset appropriation requirements.

81:5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: June 9, 2009

Effective Date: August 8, 2009