Bill Text: NH HB483 | 2011 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Relative to mosquito control.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-07-18 - House Signed By Governor 07/13/2011; Effective 09/11/2011; Chapter 0260 [HB483 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2011-HB483-Chaptered.html
CHAPTER 260
HB 483-FN-LOCAL – FINAL VERSION
16Mar2011… 0467h
22June2011… 2297CofC
2011 SESSION
01/04
HOUSE BILL 483-FN-LOCAL
AN ACT relative to mosquito control.
SPONSORS: Rep. Copeland, Rock 13; Rep. Abrami, Rock 13; Rep. Ward, Rock 13; Rep. Schlachman, Rock 13; Rep. Peckham, Rock 13
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
This bill allows a municipality to commence mosquito control abatement activities on state lands where a public health threat is in effect or was in effect within the last 3 years under RSA 141-C:25.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
16Mar2011… 0467h
22June2011… 2297CofC
11-0588
01/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
AN ACT relative to mosquito control.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
260:1 Mosquito Control Policy. Amend RSA 142-A:2, VII to read as follows:
VII. State agencies managing land shall allow mosquito control and abatement activities to occur in accordance with local mosquito control plans developed pursuant to RSA 141-C when the department has notified the appropriate agency managing state land that a public health threat declaration under RSA 141-C:25 is in effect, or has previously been in effect within the last 3 years, for the affected municipality or mosquito control district in accordance with RSA 142-A:3.
260:2 Mosquito Control Policy. Amend RSA 142-A:3, VI to read as follows:
VI. State agencies managing land shall allow the use of biological control agents, specifically Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis or Bacillus sphaericus, to control mosquito larvae in natural wetlands and water bodies on land they administer in accordance with applicable law and rules as long as those wetlands and water bodies are located in municipalities or mosquito control districts where a public health threat is declared, or has been declared within the last 3 years, by the commissioner pursuant to RSA 141-C and when the application is to be made under a special permit issued by the department of agriculture, markets and food, division of pesticide control.
260:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: July 13, 2011
Effective Date: September 11, 2011
