CHAPTER 161
HB 1568-FN – FINAL VERSION
05Mar2008… 0364h
2008 SESSION
06/04
HOUSE BILL 1568-FN
AN ACT relative to endangering the public water supply.
SPONSORS: Rep. Cunningham, Carr 3; Rep. Heard, Carr 3; Rep. Buco, Carr 1; Rep. Butler, Carr 1
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
This bill increases the criminal penalty for knowingly furnishing a polluted public water supply.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
05Mar2008… 0364h
08-2306
06/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight
AN ACT relative to endangering the public water supply.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
161:1 Penalty Changed. Amend RSA 485:35 to read as follows:
485:35 Prohibiting Use; Penalty. Whenever the department, upon investigation, becomes satisfied that a well, spring or other supply of water, used for domestic purposes, has become polluted so as to endanger the public health, it is authorized to prohibit the person or corporation owning or controlling said supply from furnishing such water for domestic purposes, until it becomes satisfied that said water supply has been purified and made fit for domestic use. Any person who knowingly violates the order of the department is guilty of a [misdemeanor] class B felony for each day he or she continues to furnish water after the order of the department has been served on such person.
161:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2009.
Approved: June 6, 2008
Effective Date: January 1, 2009