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Winchester Selectboard adopts New Hampshire House Bill 348 for local assistance residency rule
Summary
The Selectboard voted 5-0 to accept and adopt New Hampshire House Bill 348, enabling towns to require up to 90 days of residency before providing local assistance; the change will affect eligibility rules for town assistance programs.
At its July 22 meeting the Winchester Selectboard unanimously voted to accept and adopt New Hampshire House Bill 348, which permits municipalities to require up to 90 days of residency before providing local assistance. Selectman Jack Marsh made the motion; Selectman Herbert Stephens seconded and the vote carried 5-0.
Town officials did not detail immediate programmatic changes at the meeting; the motion formalizes the town's acceptance of the statute and allows town assistance policies to be aligned with the state bill where the Selectboard chooses to do so. The board recorded the adoption in the minutes; the implementation specifics (which local programs will change, if any) were not specified in the meeting record.
Why this matters: HB348 gives local governments a statutory option to limit certain kinds of municipal assistance to residents who have established a minimum period of residency, which could affect eligibility for some town services or one-time assistance programs.
