HB72 (2007) Detail

Relative to the payment of municipal sewage assessments.


CHAPTER 5

HB 72 – FINAL VERSION

2007 SESSION

07-0225

06/03

HOUSE BILL 72

AN ACT relative to the payment of municipal sewage assessments.

SPONSORS: Rep. F. Tilton, Belk 4

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

ANALYSIS

This bill:

I. Requires municipalities served by the Winnipesaukee regional sewage disposal facilities to pay assessments for additional facilities annually on July 15.

II. Changes the fiscal quarter in which adjustments are made for charges billed to municipalities served by the Winnipesaukee regional sewage disposal facilities.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

07-0225

06/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven

AN ACT relative to the payment of municipal sewage assessments.

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

5:1 Municipal Assessments. Amend RSA 485-A:50, III to read as follows:

III. The respective share of the assessments made in paragraphs I and II shall be paid to the department by each municipality quarterly on July fifteenth, October fifteenth, January fifteenth, and April fifteenth of that fiscal year, except for capital cost recovery assessments which shall be paid annually on July fifteenth. After the close of each fiscal year, the department shall ascertain its actual total expenses in accordance with the foregoing provisions, and then shall adjust the assessment for the [first] second quarterly payment of the new fiscal year for each such municipality served for any under-payment or over-payment by each such municipality served for the prior fiscal year.

5:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: May 2, 2007

Effective Date: July 1, 2007