CHAPTER 250
HB 1211 – FINAL VERSION
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2012 SESSION
08/09
HOUSE BILL 1211
AN ACT establishing a committee to study the promotion of lease of state-owned land for use for beginning farmers.
SPONSORS: Rep. Owen, Merr 4; Rep. Sad, Ches 2
COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture
This bill establishes a committee to study the promotion of lease of state-owned land for use for beginning farmers.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
15Feb2012… 0524h
04/11/12 1432s
6June2012… 2360CofC
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08/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
AN ACT establishing a committee to study the promotion of lease of state-owned land for use for beginning farmers.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
250:1 New Subdivision; Lease of State Land for Farming Study Committee. Amend RSA 425 by inserting after section 25 the following new subdivision:
Lease of State Land for Farming Study Committee
425:26 Lease of State Land for Farming Study Committee.
I. There is established a committee to study the promotion of lease of state-owned land for use for beginning farmers. The members of the committee shall be as follows:
(a) One member of the house of representatives who is a member of the environment and agriculture committee, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
(b) One member from Small and Beginner Farmers of New Hampshire appointed by such organization.
(c) One member of the New Hampshire Farm Bureau Federation, appointed by the federation.
(d) One member of the New England Farmers Union, appointed by the New England Farmers Union.
(e) The commissioner of the department of agriculture, markets, and food, or designee.
(f) The commissioner of the department of resources and economic development, or designee.
(g) The commissioner of the department of environmental services, or designee.
(h) A member from the New Hampshire Institute of Agriculture and Forestry, appointed by that organization.
II. Legislative members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.
III. The committee shall study the promotion of lease of state-owned land for use for beginning farmers.
IV. The members of the study committee shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the committee shall be called by the first-named house member. The first meeting of the committee shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Five members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.
V. The committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2012.
250:2 Repeal. RSA 425:26, relative to the lease of state land for farming study committee, is repealed.
250:3 Effective Date.
I. Section 2 of this act shall take effect November 2, 2012.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: June 18, 2012
Effective Date: I. Section 2 shall take effect November 2, 2012.
II. Remainder shall take effect June 18, 2012.