HB 397 - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
21-0513
08/06
HOUSE BILL 397
AN ACT relative to permitting fees under the shoreland protection act.
SPONSORS: Rep. Pearl, Merr. 26; Rep. Lang, Belk. 4; Rep. Baldasaro, Rock. 5; Sen. French,
Dist 7; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23
COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development
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ANALYSIS
This bill exempts nonprofit organizations from permitting fees under the shoreland protection
act.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
HB 397 - AS INTRODUCED
21-0513
08/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT relative to permitting fees under the shoreland protection act.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 1 New Paragraph; Shoreland Protection Act; Permitting Fees: NonProfit Organizations Exempt.
2 Amend RSA 483-B:5-b by inserting after paragraph IX the following new paragraph:
3 X. Permits for projects solely funded by legally recognized nonprofit organizations,
4 municipal, county, state, or federal entities shall be exempt from the permitting fees of paragraph I.
5 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 483-B:5-b
latest version: 483-B:5-b, 482-A:3