HB 1283 - AS INTRODUCED
2003 SESSION
06/09
HOUSE BILL 1283
COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development
This bill clarifies that a decision of the department of environmental services granting an excavating and dredging permit is final after appeal, and requires municipalities to allow a permitted project.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03-2215
06/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three
AN ACT relative to wetlands permits.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Administrative Provisions; Department Decisions Final After Appeal. Amend RSA 482-A:11, II to read as follows:
II. Decisions of the department or council under this chapter shall be consistent with the purposes of this chapter as set forth in RSA 482-A:1. Before granting a permit under this chapter, the department may require reasonable proof of ownership by a private landowner-applicant. If a permit is granted, the decision of the department may contain reasonable conditions designed to protect the public good. Except as provided in RSA 482-A:10, the decision of the department shall be final and a municipality shall allow the permitted project. No permit to dredge or fill shall be granted if it shall infringe on the property rights or unreasonably affect the value or enjoyment of property of abutting owners.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.