HB1349 (2006) Detail

Relative to costs of personnel and rates for equipment use in hazardous waste incidents.


CHAPTER 102

HB 1349 – FINAL VERSION

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2006 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 1349

AN ACT relative to costs of personnel and rates for equipment use in hazardous waste incidents.

SPONSORS: Rep. Patten, Carr 4; Rep. Bicknell, Rock 1; Rep. Welch, Rock 8

COMMITTEE: Finance

ANALYSIS

This bill requires that the rates for equipment use and the costs of personnel used in hazardous materials incidents shall be adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

04/06/06 1568s

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06/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six

AN ACT relative to costs of personnel and rates for equipment use in hazardous waste incidents.

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

102:1 Liability Concerning Hazardous Materials Incidents; Rates for Equipment and Costs of Personnel. RSA 154:8-a, II-a(g) is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

(g) The commissioner of safety shall establish rates for equipment use, supplies, and costs of personnel that shall be the maximum amount that may be charged by any municipality, organization, or mutual aid district in accordance with this section. The rates and costs, and guidelines for establishing them, shall be adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A. To the extent possible, the rates and costs shall reflect the actual expenses, including overhead costs, for emergency response to hazardous materials incidents for municipalities throughout the state.

102:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: May 9, 2006

Effective: July 8, 2006