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Committee advances bill requiring agencies to report permitting timelines
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The Executive Departments and Administration committee voted to advance Senate Bill 74, which would require state agencies to report counts of permit applications granted, denied, pending and those taking longer than 90 days to legislative leaders.
The Executive Departments and Administration committee voted to advance Senate Bill 74, which would require state agencies to report counts of permit applications granted, denied, pending and those taking longer than 90 days to legislative leaders.
Supporters said better data is needed to evaluate whether current statutory time limits and commonly granted extensions are justified. Grant Bossie, deputy chief of staff for the New Hampshire Senate, introduced the bill on behalf of Sen. David Pearl and said, "Senator Pearl believes this is information our agency should have already been tracking within their current budgets." Attorney Brian Gould, who works on…
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