CHAPTER 247
SB 366 - FINAL VERSION
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SENATE BILL 366
AN ACT relative to biennial reports of the public utilities commission relative to membership of the site evaluation committee, and relative to the electricity consumption tax.
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
This bill:
I. Requires that the public utilities commission file its biennial reports with the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate.
II. Permits the public utilities commissioners to designate a staff engineer for membership on the site evaluation committee.
III. Repeals the prospective repeal of the electricity consumption tax.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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 Two
AN ACT relative to biennial reports of the public utilities commission relative to membership of the site evaluation committee, and relative to the electricity consumption tax.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
247:1 Reports of Public Utilities Commission; Biennial; Recipients. Amend RSA 363:24 to read as follows:
363:24 Biennial. The commission shall publish and file with the governor and council, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the appropriate standing committees of the senate and the house of representatives a report not later than December 1 of each odd numbered year. Such report shall contain such account of its proceedings for the 2 years last preceding, and such suggestions and recommendations as to needed legislation or as to other matters affecting public utilities as the commission may desire to submit.
247:2 Energy Facility Evaluation, Siting, Construction, and Operation; Site Evaluation Committee; Membership. Amend RSA 162-H:3 to read as follows:
162-H:3 Site Evaluation Committee. The site evaluation committee shall consist of the commissioner of the department of environmental services or assistant commissioner as designee, the director of the division of water, the commissioner of the department of resources and economic development or the director of the division of economic development as designee, the commissioner of the department of health and human services or one of the 2 most senior administrators within the department responsible for management of public health services as designee, the executive director of the fish and game department, the director of the office of state planning, the director of the division of parks and recreation, the director of the division of forests and lands, the director of the division of air resources, the director of the governor's office of energy and community services or deputy director as designee, the commissioner of the department of transportation or assistant commissioner as designee, [and] the commissioners [and chief engineer] of the public utilities commission, and a staff engineer designated by the commissioners of the public utilities commission. The commissioner of the department of environmental services shall be chairperson of the committee, and the chairperson of the public utilities commission shall be vice-chairperson.
247:3 Repeal. 1997, 347:5, II, repealing the electricity consumption tax, is repealed.
247:4 Effective Date.
I. Section 3 of this act shall take effect June 29, 2002.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: May 17, 2002)
(Effective Date: I. Section 3 of this act shall take effect June 29, 2002.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect July 16, 2002)