CHAPTER 246
SB 115 - FINAL VERSION
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2003 SESSION
06/01
SENATE BILL 115
AN ACT increasing the fees for review of subdivisions and waste disposal systems by the department of environmental services and making an appropriation for implementing information technology and regulatory process improvements.
SPONSORS: Sen. Prescott, Dist 23; Sen. Green, Dist 6; Sen. Cohen, Dist 24; Sen. Johnson, Dist 2; Sen. Boyce, Dist 4; Rep. Keans, Straf 67
This bill increases the fees for subdivision and waste disposal system review by the department of environmental services and makes an appropriation to the department for implementing information technology and regulatory process improvements including electronic permitting for waste disposal systems, subdivision plans, and other permits and approvals under the department's land use regulation authority.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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03-0406
06/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three
AN ACT increasing the fees for review of subdivisions and waste disposal systems by the department of environmental services and making an appropriation for implementing information technology and regulatory process improvements.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
246:1 Purpose. The general court finds that the current fees for sewage disposal system and subdivision plan review under RSA 485-A are inadequate to cover the costs of conducting the reviews and of operating the program to assure compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.
246:2 Fees; Subdivision and Waste Disposal System Reviews. Amend RSA 485-A:30, I to read as follows:
I. Any person submitting plans and specifications for a subdivision of land shall pay to the department a fee of [$80] $150 per lot. Said fee shall be for reviewing such plans and specifications and making site inspections. Any person submitting plans and specifications for sewage or waste disposal systems shall pay to the department a fee of [$80] $140 for each system. Said fee shall be for reviewing such plans and specifications, making site inspections, [and for] the administration of sludge and septage management programs, and for establishing a system for electronic permitting for waste disposal systems, subdivision plans, and for permits and approvals under the department's land regulation authority. The fees required by this paragraph shall be paid at the time said plans and specifications are submitted and shall be deposited with the treasurer as unrestricted revenue. For the purposes of this paragraph, the term "lot" shall not include tent sites or travel trailer sites in recreational parks which are operated on a seasonal basis for not more than 9 months per year.
246:3 Appropriation. The sum of $931,000 is hereby appropriated to the department of environmental services for the biennium ending June 30, 2005 for the purpose of implementing information technology and regulatory process improvements. This appropriation is in addition to any other funds appropriated to the department. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
246:4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.
(Approved: July 14, 2003)
(Effective Date: July 1, 2003)