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HB1244: relative to municipal cemeteries.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

Citation
2016 HB1244
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Bill details

Version history, amendments, and roll-call votes were not present in the imported local bill data.

House status
Passed/Adopted with Amendment
Senate status
Passed/Adopted
Committee
SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
Hearing
03/30/2016 at 09:45 AM
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Sponsors

Topics

Public and Municipal Affairs Local government

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CHAPTER 64

HB 1244-LOCAL - FINAL VERSION

9Mar2016... 0379h

2016 SESSION

16-2166

06/09

HOUSE BILL 1244-LOCAL

AN ACT relative to municipal cemeteries.

SPONSORS: Rep. C. McGuire, Merr. 29; Rep. McConnell, Ches. 12; Rep. Seaworth, Merr. 20; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

ANALYSIS

This bill permits towns to enter into agreements with other entities to provide for cemeteries.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

9Mar2016... 0379h 16-2166

06/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

AN ACT relative to municipal cemeteries.

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

64:1 Cemeteries; Municipality to Provide. Amend RSA 289:2 to read as follows:

289:2 Municipality to Provide. Every municipality shall provide, or may enter into agreements with adjacent municipalities or nonprofit entities to provide, one or more suitable cemeteries for the interment of deceased persons [within its boundaries], which shall be subject to such regulations as the municipality may establish. In the absence of regulations established by vote of the legislative body, the cemetery trustees may establish such regulations pursuant to RSA 289:7, I(a). The operation and maintenance of all cemeteries owned and maintained by the municipality shall be in the charge of the cemetery trustees.

64:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: May 5, 2016

Effective Date: July 4, 2016