Frost Friendly

Oh for a bill
to steel the heart of the poet,
or his neighbor at least
A law to protect
walls in need of mending
to remedy the falling,
of the stones, to right the walls
in need of mending

September 19, 2007 22:31
House Bill 42, passed in the 2007 New Hampshire
legislative session, signed by the Governor,
and effective July 20, 2007
“STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT relative to resource protection sections of local master plans.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
40:1 Master Plan; Optional Sections; Resource Protection; Stone Walls. Amend RSA 674:2, III(h) to read as follows:
(h) A section which identifies cultural and historic resources and protects them for rehabilitation or preservation from the impact of other land use tools such as land use regulations, housing, or transportation. Such section may encourage the preservation or restoration of stone walls, provided agricultural practices, as defined in RSA 21:34-a, are not impeded.”


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