Liberty Wins of 2011
July 5th: SB0002 signed. This bill allows cities and towns under a charter, and towns, school districts, and other political subdivisions under the municipal budget act to adopt a tax cap to limit increases to the amount to be raised by taxes in the annual budget.
July 1st: HB109 signed. This bill prohibits local planning boards from requiring the installation of a fire suppression sprinkler system in proposed one- or 2-family residences as a condition of approval for a local permit.
June 14th: HB0276 signed. This bill allowed wine manufacturers to sell wine at annual fairs or similar events and eliminated the requirement that wine provided as samples by a wine manufacturer be purchased from the liquor commission.
June 8th: HB651 signed. This legalized monk parakeets.
June 8th: HB262 signed, this legalized nano-breweries.
June 7th: HB544 passes, protecting knife ownership in all towns and municipalities.
May 16th: HB143 signed, legalizing the sale, distribution, and possession of Stove Polish.
May 9th: HB0229 signed, repeals the tax on gambling winnings.
March 16: HB109 signed, This bill prohibits planning boards from requiring sprinklers in one and two family residences. Prevents mandating onerous and costly installations of a fire suppression systems in homes. Allows for other fire safety provisions, such as fire ponds, to be considered by the planning board.
Feb 23rd: HB187 signed, This bill would allow businesses to carry forward credits against the business profits tax for an extra year. The bill provides that certain tax credits from paying the Business Enterprise Tax will not expire for another year, offsetting losses from the recession. The bill makes sure that small and large businesses can continue to do business, invest, and create jobs.
Feb 9th: HB155 signed, This bill would change charitable raffle permits from per event to per year. This will ease the paperwork burden on charitable organizations who wish to have multiple raffles in a year.
Feb 9th: HB125 signed, This bill repeals a regulation that prevents schools and teams from other states from seeking out New Hampshire athletes - and potentially providing them with financial opportunities.
Jan 26th: HB77 signed, This bill prohibits deletion of the substance of the original warrant article. All voters, not just the small percentage in attendance at deliberative session, should be allowed to vote on warrant articles, especially petitioned warrant articles. The right to vote on all articles by all registered voters is enhanced and preserved.
