2003 SESSION

03-0854

08/09

HOUSE BILL 488

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

ANALYSIS

This bill removes the exemption for certain municipalities from the ban on disposing leaf and yard waste in landfills.

This bill was requested by the department of environmental services.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03-0854

08/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Solid Waste Management; Refuse Reduction. Amend RSA 149-M:27 to read as follows:

III. No leaf or yard waste shall be disposed in a solid waste landfill or incinerator including any waste-to-energy facility. [This paragraph shall not apply to municipalities organized under RSA 53-A, RSA 53-B, or 1986, 139, if application of the paragraph would cause the municipality to violate or incur penalties under legal obligations existing on January 1, 1993.] Any person who violates this paragraph shall be subject to the penalties and enforcement provisions of RSA 149-M:15 and 16.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2004.