Bill Text: NH SB461 | 2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Relative to expenditures of the Winnipesaukee River Basin control program funds.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2016-05-24 - Signed by the Governor on 05/20/2016; Chapter 0125; Effective 07/19/2016 [SB461 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2016-SB461-Chaptered.html

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CHAPTER 125

SB 461-FN - FINAL VERSION

02/18/2016   0630s

2016 SESSION

16-2870

08/04

 

SENATE BILL 461-FN

 

AN ACT relative to expenditures of the Winnipesaukee River Basin control program funds.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Hosmer, Dist 7; Sen. Forrester, Dist 2; Rep. Spanos, Belk. 3; Rep. Gallagher, Belk. 4

 

COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill expands the purposes for which funds may be expended from the Winnipesaukee River Basin program funds.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

02/18/2016   0630s 16-2870

08/04

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

 

AN ACT relative to expenditures of the Winnipesaukee River Basin control program funds.

 

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

 

125:1  New Paragraph; Winnipesaukee River Basin Control Program Fund; Expenditures.  Amend RSA 485-A:49 by inserting after paragraph I the following new paragraph:

I-a.  In addition to the uses set forth in paragraph I, and with the approval of the governor and council, the department may evaluate the most cost effective operation of such systems, including evaluating the cost effectiveness of alternative governance structures for the Winnipesaukee River basin control program under this subdivision.  The department may not make any changes to the current governance structure unless specifically authorized by statute.  The department may present any recommendations concerning alternative governance structures to the general court for consideration.

125:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: May 20, 2016

Effective Date: July 19, 2016