New Hampshire HB 1214: relative to public libraries.

Bill Text

HB 1214 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION

 26-2706

 09/08

HOUSE BILL 1214

AN ACT relative to public libraries.

SPONSORS: Rep. Perez, Rock. 16; Rep. Andrus, Merr. 5; Rep. Alexander Jr., Hills. 29; Rep. Berry, Hills. 44; Rep. DeVito, Rock. 8; Rep. Giasson, Hills. 29; Rep. Reinfurt, Hills. 29; Rep. Sellers, Graf. 10

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

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ANALYSIS

 This bill allows a municipality's governing body to assume governance of a public library.

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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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

 26-2706

 09/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT relative to public libraries.

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

 1 Public Libraries; Definitions. Amend RSA 202-A:2, II to read as follows: 

 II. "Library trustees" shall mean the governing board of a public library, except where the municipality adopts the provisions of RSA 202-A:26. 

 2 New Section; Public Libraries. Amend RSA 202-A by inserting after section 25 the following new section: 

 202-A:26 Adoption by Municipality. 

 A municipality may, according to the provisions of RSA 39:3, elect to have the municipality's governing body assume control of the governance of the library. If a municipality's governing body assumes control of the public library, the library trustees shall serve in an advisory role to the governing body. 

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