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Committee hears bill to speed removal of unauthorized camping from private property
Summary
Sponsor said the measure would let police remove unauthorized campers from private land in larger municipalities without the current no‑trespass paperwork delay; proponents cited cleanup costs and safety, critics raised broader social-service questions.
The Senate committee heard testimony on a bill, SB521, designed to make it easier for property owners and police to remove unauthorized campers from private land in designated municipalities.
The sponsor said the existing law (which the committee discussed as RSA 236:58 for public land) covers camping on public property but not private property and that the bill would expand tools for owners to address unauthorized camping. He said the change would apply to a limited set of municipalities (11 cities…
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