CHAPTER 209
HB 207-FN-LOCAL - FINAL VERSION
04/16/02 3442s
2002 SESSION
08/09
HOUSE BILL 207-FN-LOCAL
AN ACT increasing the state aid contribution to municipalities that expand, upgrade, or develop new wastewater treatment facilities to provide for expanded septage handling and disposal capacity.
SPONSORS: Rep. Philbrick, Carr 4; Rep. Patten, Carr 9; Sen. Below, Dist 5
COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture
This bill provides that municipalities may be reimbursed by the state, in addition to other state contributions and within limits of available appropriations, for 10 percent of the annual amortization charges on eligible costs resulting from the acquisition and construction of septage and sludge handling and treatment facilities which result in increased septage handling and/or treatment capacity to meet the septage disposal needs for that municipality, and 2 percent of such charges which result in increased septage handling and/or treatment capacity to meet the septage disposal needs for each additional municipality.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
04/16/02 3442s
01-0448
08/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Two
AN ACT increasing the state aid contribution to municipalities that expand, upgrade, or develop new wastewater treatment facilities to provide for expanded septage handling and disposal capacity.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
209:1 Purpose. The general court acknowledges that proper disposal of domestic septage is becoming increasingly difficult for New Hampshire communities and that there is a need to provide incentives for expanding septage treatment capacity at new or existing wastewater treatment facilities to promote cost savings and to reduce potential environmental impacts.
209:2 New Paragraph; Aid to Municipalities for Water Pollution Control; Additional State Contributions. Amend RSA 486:3 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:
III. In addition to any other state contribution provided under this chapter to municipalities for water pollution control, the commissioner may, with approval from the governor and council, and upon review of plans and specifications submitted by a municipality and within the limits of available appropriations, pay 10 percent of the annual amortization charges, meaning principal and interest, on the eligible costs resulting from the acquisition and construction of septage and sludge handling and treatment facilities when such acquisition or construction will result in increased septage handling and/or treatment capacity to meet the septage disposal needs for that municipality, and pay 2 percent of the annual amortization charges, meaning principal and interest, on the eligible costs resulting from the acquisition and construction of septage and sludge handling and treatment facilities when such acquisition or construction will result in increased septage handling and/or treatment capacity to meet the septage disposal needs for each additional New Hampshire municipality pursuant to RSA 485-A:5-b, but not to exceed a total of 50 percent total contribution, including other contribution provided by this chapter. The term "eligible costs" as used in this paragraph shall exclude land acquisition, except for land that shall be an integral part of a treatment process; easements and rights of way necessary to the project; and any administrative, legal, and fiscal costs related to the project.
209:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.
(Approved: May 16, 2002)
(Effective Date: July 1, 2003)