Bill Text: NH HB1319 | 2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Prohibiting the siting of new landfills or expansions of existing landfills near state parks, national parks, or United States Department of Agriculture forest land.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-06-16 - Introduced 06/16/2020, and Laid on Table, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; 06/16/2020; Senate Journal 8 [HB1319 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2020-HB1319-Amended.html
HB 1319 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
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2020 SESSION
20-2285
08/04
HOUSE BILL 1319
SPONSORS: Rep. French, Graf. 14; Rep. Merner, Coos 7; Rep. Cohen, Hills. 28; Rep. Eisner, Rock. 6; Rep. Spang, Straf. 6; Rep. Dutzy, Hills. 30; Rep. Weston, Graf. 8; Rep. M. Pearson, Rock. 34; Rep. Coursin, Rock. 1; Rep. Josephson, Graf. 11
COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits the siting of new landfills, excluding expansions of existing landfills, near state parks or national parks. This bill also defines state and national parks for the purposes of prohibiting the siting of new landfills or expansions of existing landfills.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Permit Prohibited Near Certain Parks an Forest Lands. Amend RSA 149-M:9 by inserting after paragraph XIV the following new paragraph:
XV. No permit shall be issued by the department for the siting of a new landfill, excluding expansions of existing landfills, if any part of the actual solid waste disposal area is proposed to be located within 2 miles of the boundary of any state or national park. For purposes of this paragraph, "state park" means any state park managed by the state director of the division of parks and recreation pursuant to RSA 216-A:1-2. For purposes of this paragraph "national park" means the Appalachian National Scenic Trail as described in RSA 216-D:2 and the Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park. State or national park shall not include the state historic sites and recreational rail trails.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
