CONWAY — Selectman Carl Thibodeau will be testifying in Concord next week about a bill that would ban towns from prohibiting short-term rentals. He will be asking lawmakers to make sure it allows towns to recoup related costs.
State Sen. Harold French (R-Canterbury) is proposing the bill, SB 249, to prohibit towns from banning or tightly regulating short-term rentals, although according to him, it gives towns more powers than they had before.
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