CHAPTER 115
HB 547-FN – FINAL VERSION
30Mar2005… 0541h
2005 SESSION
06/09
HOUSE BILL 547-FN
AN ACT changing the funding limit for on-premise-use fuel oil storage facilities.
SPONSORS: Rep. D. L. Christensen, Hills 19; Rep. Babson, Carr 3; Rep. R. Cooney, Rock 4; Sen. Barnes, Dist 17
This bill increases the amount of reimbursement available to owners of on-premise-use facilities or eligible land to $1,500 and adds reimbursement for certain costs relative to underground storage tanks.
This bill is a request of the oil fund disbursement board.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
30Mar2005… 0541h
05-0486
06/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five
AN ACT changing the funding limit for on-premise-use fuel oil storage facilities.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
115:1 Eligible Expenses; Funding Limit Change. Amend RSA 146-E:6, II to read as follows:
II. Owners of facilities or land eligible under this chapter may apply for reimbursement of court-ordered damages to third parties for bodily injury or property damage, and for the costs of on-site and off-site cleanup of fuel oil discharges in amounts not to exceed a total of $500,000, incurred on or after October 1, 1992. Owners of on-premise-use facilities or land eligible under this chapter who have demonstrated financial need, may apply for reimbursement of costs to meet the requirements of RSA 146-E:4, I and II in amounts not to exceed a total of [$1,000] $1,500 and may apply for reimbursement of underground storage tank abandonment or removal costs in amounts not to exceed a total of $2,500, incurred on or after [July 1, 1999] the effective date of this paragraph.
115:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: June 15, 2005)
(Effective Date: August 14, 2005)