HB 1535 – AS INTRODUCED
2008 SESSION
06/10
HOUSE BILL 1535
AN ACT relative to establishing a factual data base for wetland decision accountability.
COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development
This bill requires the department of environmental services to develop a statewide wetland performance standard to objectively differentiate wetland performance in a numerical manner.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
08-2314
06/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight
AN ACT relative to establishing a factual data base for wetland decision accountability.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Data Base for Wetland Decision Accountability. The department of environmental services shall within 3 years of the effective date of this act produce a numerical standard of performance by which jurisdictionally protected wetlands can be identified in the state of New Hampshire. Evaluation shall be according to the Method for Comparative Evaluation of Nontidal Wetlands of New Hampshire, 1991, or a comparable resource.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.