Bill Text: NH HB337 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to municipal regulations of small wind energy systems.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-11-07 - Committee Report: Ought to Pass [HB337 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2017-HB337-Introduced.html

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HB 337 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2017 SESSION

17-0667

03/09

 

HOUSE BILL 337

 

AN ACT relative to municipal regulations of small wind energy systems.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Vadney, Belk. 2; Rep. Vose, Rock. 9; Rep. D. Thomas, Rock. 5; Rep. Cordelli, Carr. 4

 

COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill modifies the authority of municipalities to set noise level limits for small wind energy systems.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

17-0667

03/09

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

 

AN ACT relative to municipal regulations of small wind energy systems.

 

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

 

1  Small Wind Energy Systems; Noise.  Amend RSA 674:63, IV to read as follows:

IV.  Setting a noise level limit [lower than 55 decibels] lower than specified by site evaluation committee rules, as measured at the site property line, or not allowing for limit overages during short-term events such as utility outages and severe wind storms.

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