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HB1318: relative to permits required for certain fires.

Citation
2018 HB1318
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House status
Inexpedient to Legislate
Committee
House Municipal and County Government
Hearing
01/31/2018 at 01:30 PM
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Current official bill text

Sponsors

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Local government

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HB 1318 - AS INTRODUCED

2018 SESSION

18-2423

04/03

HOUSE BILL 1318

AN ACT relative to permits required for certain fires.

SPONSORS: Rep. Burt, Hills. 39; Rep. True, Rock. 4; Rep. Baldasaro, Rock. 5; Rep. Welch, Rock. 13; Rep. Weyler, Rock. 13; Rep. J. Moore, Hills. 21; Rep. Sylvia, Belk. 6; Rep. Notter, Hills. 21; Rep. Comeau, Carr. 5

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

ANALYSIS

This bill provides that a fire greater than 24 inches in height shall require a permit.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

18-2423

04/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

AN ACT relative to permits required for certain fires.

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

1 Woodland Fire Control, Permits, Damages, and Penalties. Amend RSA 227-L:17, II to read as follows:

II. No person, firm, or corporation shall kindle or cause to be kindled any fire greater than 24 inches in height or shall burn or cause to be burned any material, and no city or town shall kindle or maintain a fire greater than 24 inches in height on a public dump, except when the ground is covered with snow, without first obtaining a written permit from the forest fire warden of the town where the burning is to be done unless it is in the presence of the warden or the warden's agent.

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