Bill Text: NH SB445 | 2018 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Designating the Warner River as a protected river.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-3)
Status: (Passed) 2018-08-08 - Signed by the Governor on 08/07/2018; Chapter 0377; Effective 08/07/2018 [SB445 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2018-SB445-Enrolled.html
SB 445 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
2018 SESSION
18-2791
08/06
SENATE BILL 445
AN ACT designating the Warner River as a protected river.
SPONSORS: Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Rep. Carson, Merr. 7; Rep. Mullen, Straf. 1; Rep. Suzanne Smith, Graf. 8; Rep. Myler, Merr. 10; Rep. Luneau, Merr. 10
COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources
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ANALYSIS
This bill designates the Warner River as a protected River.
This bill is a request of the department of environmental services.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
18-2791
08/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT designating the Warner River as a protected river.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Warner River; Designated for Protection. Amend RSA 483:15 by inserting after paragraph XVIII the following new paragraph:
XIX.(a) Warner River - west branch - as a rural-community river from the confluence with Andrew Brook in Bradford 1.1 miles to the confluence with the Warner River main stem.
(b) Warner River - main stem:
(1) As a rural-community river from the confluence of the West Branch Warner River and Hoyt Brook in Bradford 2.9 miles to the Melvin Mills bridge in Warner.
(2) As a community river from the Melvin Mills bridge in Warner 1.8 miles to a point immediately downstream of the Swain Lowell Dam.
(3) As a rural river from a point immediately downstream of the Swain Lowell Dam in Warner 2.9 miles to a point immediately upstream of the Warner River Dam in the Waterloo Village District.
(4) As a community river from a point immediately upstream of the Warner River Dam in the Waterloo Village District 3.4 miles to the confluence with Bartlett Brook in Warner.
(5) As a rural river from the confluence with Bartlett Brook in Warner 8.0 miles to the confluence with the Contoocook River in Hopkinton.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
