While looking at ordinances related to nudity in the towns/cities of NH, I came across this…
Right to A Sustainable Energy Future and Community Self-Government Ordinances
Section 3 – Statements of Law – Rights of Residents and the Natural Environment
(e) Right to Self-Government All residents of Grafton posses the fundamental and inalienable right to a form of governance where they live which recognizes that all power is inherent in the people, that all free governments are founded on the people’s authority and consent, and that corporate entities and their directors and managers shall not enjoy special privileges or powers under the law which make community majorities subordinate to them.
(f) People as Sovereign The Town of Grafton shall be the governing authority responsible to, and governed by, the residents of the Town. Use of the “Town of Grafton” municipal corporation by the sovereign people of the Town to make law shall not be construed to limit or surrender the the sovereign authority or immunities of the people to a municipal corporation that is subordinate to them in all respects at all times. The people at all times enjoy and retain an inalienable and indefeasible rights to self-governance in the community where they reside.
Section 4 – Statements of Law – Prohibitions Necessary to Secure Bill of Rights’ Protections
(a) It shall be unlawful within the Town of Grafton for a corporation or any person using a corporation, to engage in land acquisition necessary for the construction of an unsustainable energy system, or to engage in construction or siting of any structure to be used in the operation of an unsustainable energy system.
(b) No permit, license, privilege, eminent domain authority, or charter issued by any State or federal agency, Commission or Board to any person or any corporation operating under a state charter, or any director, officer, owner, or manage of a corporation operating under a state charter, which would violate the prohibitions of this Ordinance or deprive any Town resident(s), natural community, or ecosystem of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by this Ordinance, the New Hampshire Constitution, or the United States Constitution, or other laws, shall be deemed valid within the Town of Grafton.
Section 8 – People’s Right to Self-Government
The foundation for the making and adoption of this law is the people’s fundamental and inalienable right to govern themselves, and thereby secure their rights to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. Any attempts to use other units and levels of government to preempt, amend, alter, or overturn this Ordinance, or parts of this Ordinance, shall require the Town of Grafton to hold public meetings that explore the adoption of other measures that expand local control and the ability of residents to protect their fundamental and inalienable right to self-government. Such consideration may include actions to separate the municipality from the other levels of government used to preempt, amend, alter, or overturn the provisions of this Ordinance or other levels of government used to intimidate the people of the Town of Grafton or their elected officials.
Section 9 – New Hampshire Constitutional Changes
Through the adoption of this local law, the people of the Town of Grafton call for changes to the New Hampshire Constitution to secure within it explicitly a community right to local self-government that cannot be preempted by the State if the community’s laws enforce rights or standards more protective of the health, safety, and welfare of the people of Grafton and the natural environment, communities, and ecosystems. The people of Grafton also call for state constitutional changes that explicitly elevate community rights above corporate property rights, and the recognize the rights of nature enforceable by the residents of a community.
March 12, 2013