Bill Text: NH HB1121 | 2024 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Relative to creating certain wetlands permit exemptions after a natural disaster or flooding event.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 8-4)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-31 - House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2024-1947s (Rep. Renzullo): Motion Adopted Voice Vote 05/30/2024 House Journal 15 [HB1121 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2024-HB1121-Amended.html

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HB 1121 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

 

28Mar2024... 1102h

05/22/2024   1947s

 

2024 SESSION

24-2548

08/05

 

HOUSE BILL 1121

 

AN ACT relative to creating certain wetlands permit exemptions after a natural disaster or flooding event.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Aron, Sull. 4; Rep. Janvrin, Rock. 40; Rep. T. Lekas, Hills. 38; Rep. Wallace, Rock. 8; Rep. J. Harvey-Bolia, Belk. 3; Rep. Creighton, Hills. 30; Rep. Cloutier, Sull. 6; Rep. Buco, Carr. 1; Rep. B. Sullivan, Sull. 1; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Watters, Dist 4

 

COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill exempts certain land owners from requiring wetlands permits after a natural disaster or flooding event.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

28Mar2024... 1102h

05/22/2024   1947s 24-2548

08/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT relative to creating certain wetlands permit exemptions after a natural disaster or flooding event.

 

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

 

1  New Subparagraph; Excavating and Dredging Permit; Certain Exemptions.  Amend RSA 482-A:3, IV by inserting after subparagraph (c) the following new subparagraph:

(d)  Removal of woody debris and blockages after a natural disaster or flooding event from the channels of watercourses, or from culverts or bridges by the owners of said structure, by the property owner, provided mechanized equipment does not enter the watercourse, is allowed without a permit provided sediment disturbance is minimized and the work results in no new permanent impacts to the bed of the watercourse.

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