Bill Text: NH SB428 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to notifications to the rivers coordinator of state agency actions affecting rivers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-09-23 - Died on Table [SB428 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2020-SB428-Introduced.html
SB 428 - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
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08/01
SENATE BILL 428
AN ACT relative to notifications to the rivers coordinator of state agency actions affecting rivers.
SPONSORS: Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Morgan, Dist 23; Sen. Chandley, Dist 11
COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources
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ANALYSIS
This bill includes notice to the rivers coordinator of terrain alterations by utility providers.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-2967
08/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT relative to notifications to the rivers coordinator of state agency actions affecting rivers.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Notification of Rivers Coordinator; Petition for Review. Amend RSA 483:12-a, I to read as follows:
I. Any state agency considering any action affecting any river or segment designated under this chapter shall notify the rivers coordinator and the local river management advisory committee prior to taking any such action. Such agency shall forward to the rivers coordinator and the local river management advisory committee for review and comment copies of all notices of public hearings, or, where a public hearing is not required, a copy of the application for issuance of a permit, certificate, or license within the designated river or corridor under RSA 485-C, RSA 485-A, RSA 483-B, RSA 12-E, RSA 270:12, RSA 482, RSA 482-A, except notifications for minimum impact activities under RSA 482-A:3, V, [and] XII, and XV and for routine roadway maintenance under RSA 482-A:3, XVI on land used for agricultural purposes, RSA 149-M, RSA 430, or RSA 147-A. If an agency is notified by the rivers coordinator that a proposed activity would violate a protection measure under RSA 483:9, 483:9-a, 483:9-aa, or 483:9-b, such agency shall deny the application.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
