HB358: relative to the installation of solar energy systems in condominiums.

HB 358 - AS INTRODUCED

2021 SESSION

21-0154

10/05

HOUSE BILL 358

AN ACT relative to the installation of solar energy systems in condominiums.

SPONSORS: Rep. McWilliams, Merr. 27; Rep. McGhee, Hills. 27

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill prospectively prohibits condominium instruments and bylaws from requiring greater than a simple majority vote to consent to the installation and use of a solar photovoltaic energy system.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

21-0154

10/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One

AN ACT relative to the installation of solar energy systems in condominiums.

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

1 New Section; Condominium Act. Amend RSA 356-B by inserting after section 19 the following new section:

356-B:19-a Installation of Solar Photovoltaic Energy Systems; Majority Vote. No condominium shall require a vote of the unit owners of greater than a simple majority to consent to the installation and operation of a solar photovoltaic energy system in or on a unit, a common area, convertible space, or roof. This shall apply to all condominium instruments and bylaws adopted or revised after the effective date of this section.

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