HB 1554 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
28Mar2024... 0969h
05/15/2024 1829s
2024 SESSION
24-2810
08/10
HOUSE BILL 1554
SPONSORS: Rep. McConkey, Carr. 8
COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill:
I. Specifies who in a municipality shall submit a quarterly report on culvert maintainers.
II. Requires the commissioner of the department of environmental services to regulate the cutting of native aquatic vegetation on submerged lands in public waters and certain publicly owned water bodies and establishes rulemaking authority to accomplish that.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
28Mar2024... 0969h
05/15/2024 1829s 24-2810
08/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Excavating and Dredging Permit; Certain Exemptions. Amend RSA 482-A:3, XVIII to read as follows:
XVIII. The department shall develop a certification program for culvert maintainers, in accordance with paragraph XVII, and shall determine the educational requirements for certification, including continuing education requirements. Professional engineers who are duly licensed by the New Hampshire board of professional engineers are exempt from the program requirements of this section. The road agent, highway director, board of selectmen, or certified official of a municipality who supervises [All] certified individuals who perform such work in the municipality shall submit a quarterly report to the department fully identifying work that they performed during each quarter and documentation of continuing education requirements.
2 New Subdivision; Native Aquatic Vegetation. Amend RSA 482-A by inserting after section 482-A:35 the following new subdivision:
Native Aquatic Vegetation
482-A:36 Rulemaking. The commissioner shall regulate the cutting of native aquatic vegetation on submerged lands in public waters or public-owned water bodies regulated under RSA 482-A:16. The commissioner shall adopt rules to effect the requirements of this section in furtherance of the purpose enumerated in RSA 482-A:1.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
| Date | Amendment |
|---|---|
| March 6, 2024 | 2024-0969h |
| May 8, 2024 | 2024-1829s |
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 21, 2024 | House | Hearing |
| March 13, 2024 | House | Hearing |
| March 13, 2024 | House | Exec Session |
| March 13, 2024 | House | Floor Vote |
| May 7, 2024 | Senate | Hearing |
| May 16, 2024 | Senate | Floor Vote |
| May 15, 2024 | Senate | Floor Vote |
May 15, 2024: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1829s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/15/2024; SJ 12
May 15, 2024: Committee Amendment # 2024-1829s, AA, VV; 05/15/2024; SJ 12
May 15, 2024: Special Order to Beginning of Calendar, Without Objection, MA; 05/15/2024; SJ 12
May 8, 2024: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2024-1829s, 05/16/2024, Vote 4-0; SC 19
April 30, 2024: Hearing: 05/07/2024, Room 103, SH, 09:40 am; SC 18
April 2, 2024: Introduced 03/21/2024 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 8
March 28, 2024: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0969h: MA VV 03/28/2024 HJ 10
March 28, 2024: Amendment # 2024-0969h (NT): AA VV 03/28/2024 HJ 10
March 20, 2024: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0969h (NT) 03/13/2024 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 12 P. 18
March 6, 2024: Executive Session: 03/13/2024 10:30 am LOB 305
March 6, 2024: Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2024-0969h: 03/13/2024 10:15 am LOB305
Feb. 14, 2024: Public Hearing: 02/21/2024 02:30 pm LOB 305
Dec. 11, 2023: Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Resources, Recreation and Development HJ 1