CHAPTER 76
HB 1235 - FINAL VERSION
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2000 SESSION
HOUSE BILL 1235
AN ACT relative to defining surface waters.
COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development
This bill clarifies the jurisdiction of the department of environmental services with respect to surface waters.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to defining surface waters.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
76:1 Public Health; Oil Discharge or Spillage in Surface Water or Groundwater; Definitions; Surface Water; Streams. Amend RSA 146-A:2, VI-b to read as follows:
VI-b. "Surface water" means perennial and seasonal streams, lakes, ponds, and tidal waters within the jurisdiction of the state, including all streams, lakes, or ponds bordering on the state, marshes, watercourses, and other bodies of water, natural or artificial;
76:2 Public Health; Underground Storage Facilities; Definitions; Surface Water; Streams. Amend RSA 146-C:1, XVII to read as follows:
XVII. "Surface water" means perennial and seasonal streams, lakes, ponds, and tidal waters within the jurisdiction of the state, including all streams, lakes, or ponds bordering on the state, marshes, watercourses, and other bodies of water, natural or artificial.
76:3 Water Management and Protection; Water Pollution and Waste Disposal; Definitions; Surface Waters of the State; Streams. Amend RSA 485-A:2, XIV to read as follows:
XIV. "Surface waters of the state" means perennial and seasonal streams, lakes, ponds, and tidal waters within the jurisdiction of the state, including all streams, lakes, or ponds bordering on the state, marshes, water courses, and other bodies of water, natural or artificial.
76:4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: April 21, 2000)
(Effective Date: June 20, 2000)