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Thread for today’s Municipal & County Government House Committee Hearing starts here. #NHPoliticsPermalink On twitter.com
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while I’m at it, new display namePermalink On twitter.com
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starting off with the requisite audio issues, of coursePermalink On twitter.com
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darn it, looks like we’re just going to have to forge ahead despite the echo…Permalink On twitter.com
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Agenda for today: 7 bills to hear, then lunch & then executive sessionPermalink On twitter.com
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First up is Rep. Marsh’s HB79, relative to town health officers. (This is the Rep. Marsh who was vocal speaking up against the anti-maskers in his caucus after Speaker Hinch’s death)Permalink On twitter.com
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This is a COVID-related bill; seems pretty technical (I didn’t even know we had town health officers). #covid19nh #NHPoliticsPermalink On twitter.com
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So far @nhrepPorter and @LathaMangipudi have had decent questions for @wmarshcc8; his answers seem to be relatively well-considered; I’m leaning to support this bill (HB79) so far. #NHPoliticsPermalink On twitter.com
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Now Matthew Cahillane of DHHS is going to give some testimony in support of the bill (HB79).Permalink On twitter.com
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Brian Lockard, Health Officer for Salem, supports HB79; sounds like most town health officers support it, too. #NHPoliticsPermalink On twitter.com
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Now Natch Greyes of the NH Municipal Association is testifying in support of HB79; support for the bill seems pretty unanimous. #NHPoliticsPermalink On twitter.com
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OK that part is over; now onto HB88 on the Claremont police commission. Rep. Walt Stapleton is introducing it to us. #NHPolitics (why do we have bills at the state level about individual cities? Can’t this be done more generally?)Permalink On twitter.com
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This was HB1433 last term apparently…Permalink On twitter.com
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Next up is HB183 on preventing municipalities from shutting down kids’ lemonade stands… can’t believe this is an issue… the person introducing it even admits he can’t think of any instances where it has happened in NH. #NHPoliticsOn twitter.com
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Being a Dillon Rule state is kind of annoying; if we were a Cooley Doctrine state instead, we wouldn’t have to do all this micromanaging of what municipalities can and can’t do…Permalink On twitter.com
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Dude is just completely failing to cite any evidence as to where he’s coming from; none of us have been able to get him to explain why he thinks this issue of lemonade stands is even worth bothering about. #NHPoliticsPermalink On twitter.com
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Next up is Rep. Brian Seaworth on HB332, which is about local planning boards. Seems pretty minor.Permalink On twitter.com
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Oh hey @NatchGreyes is back; NHMA opposes HB332 apparently, but says they’re willing to work with the sponsor to help him get it to do what he intends it to do (they say it doesn’t do so currently).Permalink On twitter.com
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Next up is HB380, which is something specific to Grafton County.Permalink On twitter.com
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Ned Gordon is testifying; it’s about the term lengths for their county commissioners.Permalink On twitter.com
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well that was a short one… onto Executive Session for HB101 now.Permalink On twitter.com
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unanimous acceptance of amendment to change HB101’s specification of 30 days to 45 daysPermalink On twitter.com
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I wish Rep. Lascelles would turn off the TV he has running in the background; hearing it is distracting…Permalink On twitter.com
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Anyways we OTP-ed HB101 after accepting the amendment to it, too, so now it’s onto HB445…Permalink On twitter.com
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uh… we didn’t actually end up doing anything about that one though? Anyways onto the Rockingham County one, which I think was HB560…Permalink On twitter.com
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ok yes this is indeed HB560; there’s an amendment to it, apparently…Permalink On twitter.com
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Amendment passes unanimously, but the motion on OTP-ing the entire bill is one of our first ones with actual disagreement on it; still passes 11-8 though (I was a “no”)Permalink On twitter.com
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Now NH Department of Revenue Administration (NHDRA) Assistant Commissioner Carollynn Lear is testifying on HB383 and the incident with Goffstown that inspired it. #NHPoliticsPermalink On twitter.com
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.@nhrepPorter is a sponsor here; it’s a housekeeping bill about municipal tax collection.Permalink On twitter.com
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Becky Benvenuti of the NHMA is back (she also testified last week); they support HB383.Permalink On twitter.com
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We’re going straight into executive session on this one due to the lack of controversy over it.Permalink On twitter.com
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HB383 is OTP-ed unanimously.Permalink On twitter.com
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Further exec-ing of bills moved to tomorrow. For today, HB404 is next; this is the perambulation bill we’ve been getting all the emails in opposition to. Some town officials have been getting lazy & don’t want to perambulate as much, but others really want that perambulation dataPermalink On twitter.com
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Blue slip data on HB404 is two in support of it, and twenty-something opposed. #NHPoliticsPermalink On twitter.com
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We’re not even getting a sponsor in favor to explain it first; going straight to an opponent of it (Jonathan Frizzell) for the first testimony on it.Permalink On twitter.com
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More testimony opposed to HB404: David BickfordPermalink On twitter.com
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.@NatchGreyes of the NHMA is back again for the 3rd time today; they support HB404 apparently, but he doesn’t really say why.Permalink On twitter.com
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Gerald Miller, a retired surveyor from Hampton, is testifying against HB404.Permalink On twitter.com
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I missed the real name of this next testifier (“Condos”), but he’s against it, too… learning all sorts of new words today! (“Ortho-rectified”, for example)Permalink On twitter.com
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“monumentation”Permalink On twitter.com
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Linda Brownson of Wentworth is testifying against HB404; apparently she does some forest management that’s split between Wentworth and Orford that depends on perambulation data.Permalink On twitter.com
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Thomas Chrisenton should be the last testifier on HB404; he’s against it, too, and has a great classic New Hampshire accentPermalink On twitter.com
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wait never mind, there’s still more testimony… Jasen Stock of the NH Timberland Owners Association is now testifying, and that organization opposes HB404, too.Permalink On twitter.com
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ok NOW the hearing is over… we’ll be back tomorrow!Permalink On twitter.com
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