House Bill 1634, the bill that would ban ICLEI in New Hampshire, appears to be changed into a study bill establishing a committee that will report to the General Court next year:
Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:
AN ACT establishing a committee to study the implementation of United Nations Agenda 21 into the state, counties, regional commissions, towns, and cities.
Amend the bill by replacing all after the enacting clause with the following:
1 Committee Established. There is established a committee to study the implementation of United Nations Agenda 21 into the state, counties, regional commissions, towns, and cities.
2 Membership and Compensation.
I. The members of the committee shall be as follows:
(a) Four members of the house of representatives, one of whom shall be a member of the municipal and county government committee and one of whom shall be a member of the constitutional review and statutory recodification committee, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
(b) One members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.
II. Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.
3 Duties. The committee shall study procedures to prevent the implementation of United Nations Agenda 21 into the state, counties, regional commissions, towns, and cities; other implementation by nongovernmental organizations; the clarification of constitutional issues relevant to the study; and any related concerns with the implementation of United Nations Agenda 21.
4 Chairperson; Quorum. The members of the study committee shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the committee shall be called by the first-named house member. The first meeting of the committee shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Four members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.
5 Report. The committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2012.
6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
I can live with this; a solid study of ICLEI and Agenda 21 will reveal its unconstitutional and sovereignty/liberty killing aspects and the Granite State will surely reject it. I will make sure that the committee either gets my stuff or maybe even testify either in person or by email and I wonder if Hal Shurtleff would go testify. He’s great!
