HB 212 - AS INTRODUCED
1999 SESSION
HOUSE BILL 212
AN ACT relative to local ordinances or regulations affecting groundwater withdrawals.
SPONSORS: Rep. Weyler, Rock 18; Rep. Welch, Rock 18; Rep. J. Flanders Rock 18; Rep. Rubin, Rock 25
COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development
This bill provides that local ordinances or regulations affecting groundwater withdrawals enacted under statutory authority shall not be preempted by the groundwater protection act.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
99-0208
03/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-Nine
AN ACT relative to local ordinances or regulations affecting groundwater withdrawals.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Water Management and Protection; Groundwater Protection Act; Effect on Local Ordinances; Groundwater Withdrawal Exception Removed. Amend RSA 485-C:20 to read as follows:
485-C:20 Effect on Local Ordinances. Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to preempt the authority of municipalities, under other statutes, to enact local ordinances or regulations affecting groundwater, [other than groundwater withdrawals;] provided, however, that requirements imposed under this chapter shall be considered as minimum.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.