HB 539 - AS INTRODUCED
2003 SESSION
06/10
HOUSE BILL 539
COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development
This bill grants certain municipal boards and officials the authority to issue cease and desist orders and to shut down an operation that is violating the provisions of RSA 482-A, relative to fill and dredge in wetlands.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03-0902
06/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three
AN ACT relative to dredging and filling in wetlands.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Penalties; Local Authority Cease and Desist Order. Amend RSA 482-A:14, II to read as follows:
II. State and local law enforcement officials may prosecute any violation of this chapter as a violation. Boards of selectmen, town or city councils, code enforcement officers, and municipal police departments shall have the authority to issue a written cease and desist order and to immediately shut down any operation in violation of the provisions of this chapter. This provision shall not limit the state's investigation or enforcement authority under this chapter.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2004.