HB299: relative to the sharing of moorings in a congregate mooring field.

HB 299 - AS INTRODUCED

2019 SESSION

19-0263

11/10

HOUSE BILL 299

AN ACT relative to the sharing of moorings in a congregate mooring field.

SPONSORS: Rep. Webb, Rock. 6; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17

COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development

ANALYSIS

This bill classifies the sharing of a mooring permit in a congregate mooring field as a transfer unless the field's bylaws or usage regulations provide otherwise.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

19-0263

11/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

AN ACT relative to the sharing of moorings in a congregate mooring field.

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

1 Mooring of Boats on Public Waters; Transfer of Mooring Permits Prohibited. Amend RSA 270:63, I to read as follows:

I. A mooring permit shall not be construed as ownership of any real or personal property and shall not be transferred to any other person or location by gift, sale, lease, or rent except as provided in RSA 270:67. For purposes of this section, any sharing of a mooring by the permit holder within a congregate mooring field shall be considered a transfer subject to RSA 270:67, unless the field operator has filed bylaws or usage regulations with the division providing otherwise.

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