CHAPTER 44
HB 1287 - FINAL VERSION
3/16/00 3727s
2000 SESSION
HOUSE BILL 1287
AN ACT relative to the membership of the water council.
COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development
This bill authorizes designees for ex officio members of the water council, requires members of the water council to take an oath, and removes the commissioner of the department of health and human services from mandatory membership on the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
3/16/00 3727s
00-2204
03/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to the membership of the water council.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
44:1 Department of Environmental Services; Water Council; Ex Officio Members; Designees; Oath. Amend RSA 21-O:7, I(b) to read as follows:
(b) The remaining 5 members shall include:
(1) The commissioner of the department of health and human services, or designee;
(2) The executive director of fish and game, or designee;
(3) The director of parks and recreation, or designee;
(4) The director of the office of state planning, or designee; and
(5) The commissioner of safety, or designee.
(c) Each member of the council, before entering upon his or her duties, shall take an oath to administer the duties of office faithfully and impartially, and such oath shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state.
44:2 Water Management and Protection Compacts; Water Pollution Control Compact; Commissioners. Amend RSA 484:19 to read as follows:
484:19 Commissioners. The governor, with the consent of the council, shall appoint 5 commissioners to the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission. These commissioners shall include [the commissioner of the department of health and human services or his designee,] the commissioner of environmental services or his designee[,] and [3] 4 other persons to be nominated by the commissioner of environmental services. All commissioners, except [the commissioner of the department of health and human services and] the commissioner of environmental services, shall serve 4-year terms. A vacancy shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term.
44:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: April 7, 2000)
(Effective Date: June 6, 2000)