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HB1027 • 2026

subjecting appropriations of local conservation commissions to the approval of local governing bodies.

subjecting appropriations of local conservation commissions to the approval of local governing bodies.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Laurel Stavis (D), Dylan Germana (D), Jim Maggiore (D), Eleana Colby (D), Stephanie Grund (D), Suzanne Prentiss (D), David Fracht (D)
Last action
2026-06-03
Official status
PASSED
Effective date
Not listed

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subjecting appropriations of local conservation commissions to the approval of local governing bodies.

subjecting appropriations of local conservation commissions to the approval of local governing bodies.

What This Bill Does

  • subjecting appropriations of local conservation commissions to the approval of local governing bodies.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-06-03 S

    Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/21/2026); SJ 14

  2. 2026-02-24 H

    Majority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 02/17/2026 (Vote 10-7; RC) HC 10 P. 104

  3. 2026-02-24 H

    Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-0425h

  4. 2026-02-11 H

    Executive Session: 02/17/2026 09:00 am GP 154

  5. 2026-01-28 H

    Public Hearing: 02/03/2026 11:25 am GP 154

  6. 2025-11-07 H

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 1 P. 3

Official Summary Text

subjecting appropriations of local conservation commissions to the approval of local governing bodies.

Current Bill Text

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HB 1027 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION
26-2386
07/08

HOUSE BILL
1027

AN ACT
subjecting appropriations of local conservation commissions to the approval of local governing bodies.

SPONSORS: Rep. Stavis, Graf. 13; Rep. Colby, Merr. 9; Rep. Fracht, Graf. 16; Rep. D. Germana, Ches. 1; Rep. Grund, Hills. 34; Rep. Maggiore, Rock. 23; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

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ANALYSIS

This bill subjects appropriations of local conservation commissions to the approval of local governing bodies.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2386
07/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
subjecting appropriations of local conservation commissions to the approval of local governing bodies.

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

1 Towns, Cities, Village Districts, And Unincorporated Places; Conservation Commissions; Optional Powers. Amend RSA 36-A:4-a, I(b) to read as follows:
(b) Expend funds for contributions to "qualified organizations," as defined in section 170(h)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, for the purchase of property interests or facilitating transactions relative thereto to be held by the qualified organization, when such purchase carries out the purposes of this chapter
, subject to the approval of the local governing body
. Because such contributions further the protection of the state's natural resources, they are hereby declared to be a public purpose.

2 Towns, Cities, Village Districts, And Unincorporated Places; Conservation Commissions; Appropriations Authorized. Amend RSA 36-A:5, I and II to read as follows:
I. A town or city, having established a conservation commission as authorized by RSA 36-A:2, may appropriate money as deemed necessary for the purpose of this chapter
, subject to the approval of the local governing body as may be required pursuant to RSA 36-A:4 and RSA 36-A:4-a
. The whole or any part of money so appropriated in any year and any gifts of money received pursuant to RSA 36-A:4 may be placed in a conservation fund and allowed to accumulate from year to year. Money may be expended from said fund by the conservation commission for the purposes of this chapter without further approval of the town meeting.
II. The town treasurer, pursuant to RSA 41:29, shall have custody of all moneys in the conservation fund and shall pay out the same only upon order of the conservation commission
, subject to the approval of the local governing body as may be required pursuant to RSA 36-A:4 and RSA 36-A:4-a
. The disbursement of conservation funds shall be authorized by a majority of the conservation commission. Prior to the use of such funds for the purchase of any interest in real property or for a contribution to a qualified organization for the purchase of property interests under RSA 36-A:4-a, I(b), the conservation commission shall hold a public hearing with notice in accordance with RSA 675:7.

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