SB 64-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2003 SESSION
06/10
SENATE BILL 64-FN
AN ACT relative to updating the drought management plan.
SPONSORS: Sen. Cohen, Dist 24; Sen. Estabrook, Dist 21; Sen. Green, Dist 6; Rep. Wall, Straf 72; Rep. Spang, Straf 72
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
This bill requires the department of environmental services in conjunction with the office of state planning and the office of emergency management to update the state drought management plan and make recommendations to the legislature.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03-0348
06/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three
AN ACT relative to updating the drought management plan.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Drought Management Plan Update. The department of environmental services, the office of state planning, and the office of emergency management shall update the state drought management plan, written in 1990, and shall prepare recommendations to ensure effective drought management. Consideration shall be given to the following:
I. Evaluation of the existing procedures for reducing water withdrawals in times of drought, including a plan which prioritizes reductions in withdrawals.
II. Evaluation of the need for authority to allow municipalities to require the imposition of conservation measures in times of drought.
2 Report. The department of environmental services, the office of state planning, and the office of emergency management shall deliver the updated State of New Hampshire's Drought Management Plan and recommendations to ensure effective drought management to the senate president, the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate environment committee, the senate energy and economic development committee, the house resources, recreation and development committee, the house science, technology and energy committee, the senate clerk, the house clerk, the governor and the state library by October 1, 2004.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
03-0348
Revised 2/11/03
SB 64 FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to updating the drought management plan.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Departments of Environmental Services and Safety and the Office of State Planning have determined this bill will have no fiscal impact on state, county and local revenue or expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Departments of Environmental Services, and Safety and the Office of State Planning stated costs associated with updating the Drought Management Plan can be absorbed within the operating budgets of each of these agencies.