HB 414 - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
21-0613
05/04
HOUSE BILL 414
AN ACT relative to evacuations under a state of emergency.
SPONSORS: Rep. T. Lekas, Hills. 37
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill provides that the governor may recommend, but not compel, evacuation under the
emergency management powers of RSA 4:45. The bill also provides that emergency services shall
not be required for those who choose not to evacuate.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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 414 - AS INTRODUCED
21-0613
05/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT relative to evacuations under a state of emergency.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 1 State of Emergency Declaration; Evacuations. Amend RSA 4:45, III(c) to read as follows:
2 (c) To provide for and [compel] recommend the evacuation of all or part of the
3 population from any stricken or threatened area or areas within the state and to take such steps as
4 are necessary for the receipt and care of such evacuees; provided that emergency services shall
5 not be required for those who have chosen not to evacuate.
6 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.


Statutes affected:
Introduced: 4:45
latest version: 4:45