Bill Text: NH HB1331 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to power line maintenance and construction.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2022-06-01 - Signed by Governor Sununu 05/27/2022; Chapter 115; 07/26/2022 [HB1331 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2022-HB1331-Introduced.html
HB 1331 - AS INTRODUCED
2022 SESSION
22-2509
12/11
HOUSE BILL 1331
AN ACT relative to power line maintenance and construction.
SPONSORS: Rep. Baroody, Hills. 43; Rep. Osborne, Rock. 4
COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy
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ANALYSIS
This bill allows any New Hampshire utility customer that requires a power line extension located on private property to hire any contractor who is licensed in the state of New Hampshire.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
22-2509
12/11
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT relative to power line maintenance and construction.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Service Equipment of Public Utilities; Installation and Maintenance of Power Lines. Amend RSA 370:12 to read as follows:
370:12 Installation of Power Line Extensions. Any New Hampshire utility customer that requires a power line extension located on private property may hire a contractor who is licensed in the state of New Hampshire [and is approved by the utility]. Such contractor shall supply and install materials specified by the local utility for underground and overhead line extensions, the cost of which shall be borne by the utility customer.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.