Bill Text: NH SB207 | 2019 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Relative to rules adopted by the department of environmental services pursuant to the 2014 report of the coastal risks and hazards commission.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-07-16 - Law Without Signature 07/16/19; Chapter 249; Effective 07/16/2019; Art 44, Pt II, NH Constitution [SB207 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2019-SB207-Amended.html

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SB 207 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

 

03/07/2019   0652s

2019 SESSION

19-1019

08/03

 

SENATE BILL 207

 

AN ACT relative to rules adopted by the department of environmental services pursuant to the 2014 report of the coastal risks and hazards commission.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Sherman, Dist 24; Rep. Cushing, Rock. 21; Rep. Somssich, Rock. 27; Rep. Abramson, Rock. 20; Rep. Cali-Pitts, Rock. 30

 

COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill makes changes to the way certain reports are referenced in environmental rules.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/07/2019   0652s 19-1019

08/03

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

 

AN ACT relative to rules adopted by the department of environmental services pursuant to the 2014 report of the coastal risks and hazards commission.

 

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

 

1  Coastal and great bay Region Reports; Incorporation.  Amend RSA 483-B:22 to read as follows:

483-B:22  Coastal and Great Bay Region Reports.  

I.  The commissioner of the department of environmental services shall convene representatives of the department of transportation, the division of homeland security and emergency management, the office of strategic initiatives, and other agencies as he or she deems appropriate, at least every 5 years, commencing July 1, 2019 to supervise an updating of storm surge, sea-level rise, precipitation, and other relevant projections recommended in the coastal risks and hazards commission 2014 report "Sea-Level Rise, Storm Surges, and Extreme Precipitation in Coastal New Hampshire:  Analysis of Past and Projected Trends."  This report shall be distributed to all state agencies, municipalities in the coastal and Great Bay region, the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate and the chairs of the house and senate committees with jurisdiction over issues related to such projections.

II.  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any rule adopted by the commissioner of the department of environmental services that establishes any requirement based on the report identified in paragraph I may incorporate the report "as updated" without reference to a specific date.  Efforts designed with a previous report identified in paragraph I shall not be required by the department to adapt their designs to accommodate the findings of the updated report but may do so as practicable.  The department shall maintain a link to the most recent version of the report on its web page so the public will be able to easily discern which version of the report applies.

2  Applicability Pending Rules.  This act shall apply to any rule that has not yet been approved by the joint legislative committee on administrative rules under RSA 541-A:13 as of the effective date of this act.

3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.