HB 538 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
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2005 SESSION
08/10
HOUSE BILL 538
AN ACT relative to deconstruction of structures.
SPONSORS: Rep. Kennedy, Merr 4; Rep. French, Merr 5; Rep. C. Hamm, Merr 4; Rep. Currier, Merr 5; Rep. Ryan, Merr 2
COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill modifies the solid waste goals and hierarchy.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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05-0240
08/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five
AN ACT relative to deconstruction of structures.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Waste Reduction Goal. Amend RSA 149-M:2, I to read as follows:
I. The general court declares its concern that there are environmental and economic issues pertaining to the disposal of solid waste in landfills and incinerators. It is important to reserve landfill and incinerator capacity for solid wastes which cannot be reduced, reused, recycled, or composted. The general court declares that the goal of the state, by the year [2000] 2008, is to achieve a 40 percent minimum weight diversion of solid waste landfilled or incinerated on a per capita basis. Diversion shall be measured with respect to changes in waste generated and subsequently landfilled or incinerated in New Hampshire. The goal of weight diversion may be achieved through source reduction, recycling, reuse, and composting, or any combination of such methods. The general court discourages the disposal of recyclable materials in landfills or processing of recyclable materials in incinerators and encourages the use of deconstruction techniques wherever possible.
2 Solid Waste Hierarchy. Amend RSA 149-M:3, II to read as follows:
II. Recycling and reuse, including deconstruction.
3 New Paragraph; Definitions; Deconstruction. Amend RSA 149-M:4 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:
IV-a. “Deconstruction” means the process of taking apart a structure with the primary goal of preserving the value of all useful building materials, so that the may be recycled or reused.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.