HB 1573 is a bill that would allow towns and cities in NH to retain local control in the face of the push toward regionalism.

There are other bills that would enable regionalism by allowing towns to appoint, not elect, their officials, and would allow them to remove issues such as zoning from the ballot. This means that the voters would not get to approve changes. This is not what the citizens of NH want.

HB 1573 will be heard before the Municipal and County Government at 1:00 PM in the Legislative Office Building Room 301-303 on January 16, 2014.

Write to the Municipal and County Government Committee or call them at 271-3317 to register your support for this bill.

Write your Representatives to ask them to support this bill. Find your legislators here:
http://gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/wml.aspx

You can follow the bill’s progress here:
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2395&sy=2014&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2014&txtbillnumber=hb1573

Background information on regionalism can be downloaded here in PDF format: Testimony HB 1573