CHAPTER 288

SB 393-FN - FINAL VERSION

 

02/21/2024   0670s

23May2024... 1793h

2024 SESSION

24-2975

08/05

 

SENATE BILL 393-FN

 

AN ACT relative to making an appropriation to the department of environmental services to fund regional drinking water infrastructure.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Abbas, Dist 22; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Innis, Dist 7; Rep. Cole, Hills. 26; Rep. Harb, Rock. 20; Rep. Donnelly, Rock. 25

 

COMMITTEE: Finance

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill makes an appropriation to the department of environmental services for the funding of regional drinking water infrastructure as part of Phase 2 of the Southern New Hampshire Regional Water Project to increase water supply to multiple towns impacted by PFAS contamination and growing water demands.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

02/21/2024   0670s

23May2024... 1793h 24-2975

08/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT relative to making an appropriation to the department of environmental services to fund regional drinking water infrastructure.

 

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

 

288:1 Department of Environmental Services; Appropriation. The sum of $2,000,000 from general funds and the sum of $4,500,000 from a combination of federal funds and the drinking water and groundwater trust fund established under RSA 485-F for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 is hereby appropriated to the department of environmental services for the purpose of funding regional drinking water infrastructure as part of Phase 2 of the southern New Hampshire regional water project to increase water supply by over 2 million gallons per day to multiple towns impacted by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance contamination and growing water demands. The project shall include design of all ancillary projects needed, construction of chemical feed at existing water storage tanks in Derry and Salem, and raising the water level of Lake Massabesic. This sum shall be nonlapsing. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

288:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.

 

Approved: July 26, 2024

Effective Date: July 01, 2024