Bill Text: NH HB1319 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibiting the siting of new landfills or expansions of existing landfills near state parks, national parks, or United States Department of Agriculture forest land.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-06-16 - Introduced 06/16/2020, and Laid on Table, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; 06/16/2020; Senate Journal 8 [HB1319 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2020-HB1319-Introduced.html

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HB 1319 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2020 SESSION

20-2285

08/04

 

HOUSE BILL 1319

 

AN ACT prohibiting the siting of new landfills or expansions of existing landfills near state parks, national parks, or United States Department of Agriculture forest land.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. French, Graf. 14; Rep. Merner, Coos 7; Rep. Cohen, Hills. 28; Rep. Eisner, Rock. 6; Rep. Spang, Straf. 6; Rep. Dutzy, Hills. 30; Rep. Weston, Graf. 8; Rep. M. Pearson, Rock. 34; Rep. Coursin, Rock. 1; Rep. Josephson, Graf. 11

 

COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill prohibits the siting of new landfills or expansions of existing landfills near state parks, national parks, or United States Department of Agriculture forest land.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20-2285

08/04

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

 

AN ACT prohibiting the siting of new landfills or expansions of existing landfills near state parks, national parks, or United States Department of Agriculture forest land.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  New Paragraph; Permit Prohibited Near Certain Parks an Forest Lands.  Amend RSA 149-M:9 by inserting after paragraph XIV the following new paragraph:

XV.  No permit shall be issued by the department for the siting of a new public or private facility or for the expansion of an existing public or private facility which is within one mile of the boundary of any state or national park or within 5 miles of the boundary of any land managed by the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.