HB 1340-FN-LOCAL - AS INTRODUCED
2000 SESSION
HOUSE BILL 1340-FN-LOCAL
AN ACT relative to dam construction permits.
SPONSORS: Rep. Boyce, Belk 5; Rep. Dickinson, Carr 2; Rep. Czech, Belk 5
COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development
This bill requires that proof of sufficient bonding or insurance to cover reasonable losses for damages in the event of a breach be submitted to the department of environmental services prior to the construction or reconstruction of any dam.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
00-2112
03/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to dam construction permits.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Water Management and Protection; Dams, Mills, and Flowage; Erection and Inspection of Dams; Preliminary Filing of Information; Proof of Insurance or Bonding. Amend RSA 482:9, I(a) to read as follows:
(a) The person has filed with the department a statement of the height of the proposed dam, [and] the location at which it is to be erected, proof of sufficient bonding or insurance to cover reasonable losses for damages in the event of a breach, and any other information the department may require.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
00-2112
12/7/99
HB 1340-FN-LOCAL - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to dam construction permits.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Environmental Services has determined this bill will increase county and local expenditures by an indeterminable amount in FY 2000 and each year thereafter. There will be no fiscal impact on state expenditures or on state, county and local revenue.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department has indicated there are 328 municipally-owned dams within the state that are owned and operated by either counties, cities and towns. Of these, 202 pose some threat to downstream life or property. Over the last five years, the Department has received 20 applications from municipal governments to construct or reconstruct a dam. If a municipality is not self-insured, proof of sufficient bonding or insurance would have to be provided before a permit could be issued for the construction or reconstruction of its dam. The cost of the insurance would vary greatly based on the amount of deductible assumed by the municipality, as well as the amount of lives, property and businesses that could be subject to the consequences of dam failure. The amount of lives and the value of the property within these potentially inundated areas vary greatly from dam site to dam site. For this reason, the cost to county and local governments is indeterminable.