HB 660-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2003 SESSION
06/09
HOUSE BILL 660-FN
COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development
This bill increases the fee for an excavating and dredging permit from $0.04 per square foot to $0.05 per square foot.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03-0551
06/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three
AN ACT relative to the fee for excavating and dredging permits.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Excavating and Dredging Permit; Fee. Amend RSA 482-A:3, I to read as follows:
I. No person shall excavate, remove, fill, dredge or construct any structures in or on any bank, flat, marsh, or swamp in and adjacent to any waters of the state without a permit from the department. The permit application together with a detailed plan and a map showing the exact location of the proposed project, along with 4 copies of the permit application, plan and map, shall be submitted to the town or city clerk, accompanied by a filing fee in the form of a check made out by the applicant to the state of New Hampshire. The permit application fee shall be $50 for minimum impact projects. Fees for minor and major projects shall be assessed based on the area of dredge, fill, or construction proposed and the number of boat slips requested. The rates shall be $100 per boat slip and [$0.04] $0.05 per square foot for all proposed projects under this chapter. At the time the permit application is submitted to the city or town clerk, the applicant shall provide postal receipts or copies, verifying that abutters, as defined in the rules of the department, and except as further provided in said rules, have been notified by certified mail. The postal receipts or copies shall be retained by the municipality. The town or city clerk shall immediately sign the application and forward by certified mail, the application, plan, map and filing fee to the department. The town or city clerk shall then immediately send a copy of the permit application, plan and map to the local governing body, the municipal planning board, if any, and the municipal conservation commission, if any, and may require an administrative fee not to exceed $10 plus the cost of postage by certified mail. One copy shall remain with the city or town clerk, and shall be made reasonably accessible to the public. The foregoing procedure notwithstanding, applications and fees for projects by agencies of the state may be filed directly with the department, with 4 copies of the application, plan and map filed at the same time with the town or city clerk to be distributed as set forth above.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.
LBAO
03-0551
1/28/03
HB 660-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to the fee for excavating and dredging permits.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Due to time constraints, the Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to provide a fiscal note for this bill at this time. When completed, the fiscal note will be forwarded to the House Clerk's Office.