CHAPTER 27
HB 1386 - FINAL VERSION
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2000 SESSION
HOUSE BILL 1386
AN ACT designating segments of the Souhegan River as protected under the rivers management and protection program.
SPONSORS: Rep. O'Connell, Hills 13; Rep. Dokmo, Hills 14; Rep. L'Heureux, Hills 18; Rep. Melcher, Hills 11; Rep. MacGillivray, Hills 21; Sen. Roberge, Dist 9; Sen. Fernald, Dist 11
COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development
This bill designates segments of the Souhegan River as protected under the rivers management and protection program.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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03/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT designating segments of the Souhegan River as protected under the rivers management and protection program.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
27:1 New Paragraph; Rivers Management and Protection; Rivers Designated for Protection; Souhegan River Added. Amend RSA 483:15 by inserting after paragraph XII the following new paragraph:
XIII. Souhegan River:
(a) As a rural-community river from the confluence of its south and west branches in New Ipswich to a point 0.5 miles above the Otis Dam in Greenville.
(b) As a community river from the point 0.5 miles above the Otis Dam in Greenville to a point 0.5 miles below the Otis Dam.
(c) As a rural river from the point 0.5 miles below the Otis Dam to the Label Arts Dam located approximately 0.3 miles above the confluence with Stony Brook in Wilton.
(d) As a community river from the Label Arts Dam to the Wilton Road bridge near the Pine Valley Mill in west Milford.
(e) As a rural-community river from the Wilton Road bridge to a point 0.5 miles above the route 13 bridge in Milford.
(f) As a community river from the point 0.5 miles above the route 13 bridge to a point 0.5 miles below the route 13 bridge.
(g) As a rural river from the point 0.5 miles below the route 13 bridge to the Everett Turnpike bridge in Merrimack.
(h) As a community river from the Everett Turnpike Bridge to the confluence with the Merrimack River in Merrimack.
27:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: March 29, 2000)
(Effective Date: May 28, 2000)