Revision: Jan. 20, 2009, midnight
HB 423-FN-A-LOCAL – AS INTRODUCED
2009 SESSION
HOUSE BILL 423-FN-A-LOCAL
AN ACT relative to solid waste permits.
SPONSORS: Rep. S. Harvey, Hills 21; Rep. Borden, Rock 18; Rep. Sad, Ches 2; Rep. B. Williams, Graf 8
COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture
This bill requires payment of an annual fee for solid waste permits.
This bill also establishes a fund for solid waste management.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
09-0693
08/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT relative to solid waste permits.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Permit Required; Fund Established. Amend RSA 149-M:9, V to read as follows:
V.(a) As a condition for any permit, the department [may] shall require payment of [a] an annual reasonable fee, set by rules adopted under RSA 149-M:7. [Such funds shall be used by the department for the purposes of this chapter.] Such fees shall be deposited in the solid waste management fund established in this section.
(b) There is established in the office of the state treasurer a nonlapsing fund to be known as the solid waste management fund to be administered by the commissioner of the department of environmental services, which shall be kept distinct and separate from all other funds. All moneys in the fund shall be continually appropriated to the commissioner of the department of environmental services for purposes of administering this chapter.
2 New Subparagraph; Solid Waste Management Fund. Amend RSA 6:12,I(b) by inserting after subparagraph (276) the following new subparagraph:
(277) Moneys deposited in the solid waste management fund under RSA 149-M:9, V(b).
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.
LBAO
09-0693
01/15/09
HB 423-FN-A-LOCAL - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to solid waste permits.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Resources and Economic Development states this bill will increase state restricted revenues, increase state restricted expenditures and decrease state general fund expenditures by $2,149,334 in FY 2010 and each year thereafter, and increase local expenditures by $761,283 in FY 2010 and each year thereafter. There will be no fiscal impact on county expenditures or county and local revenues.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Resources and Economic Development states this bill requires the Department to collect a reasonable annual fee for solid waste permits, and establishes a fund for solid waste management. The Department states a reasonable fee may be defined as a fee sufficient to fund the Department’s solid waste management program and equally assessed to public and private facilities based on tons of waste annually disposed by the facility. A fee of $0.31 per ton of waste will generate $1,388,051 (4,477,584 tons x $0.31) from privately-owned facilities and $761,283 (2,455,752 x $0.31) from publicly-owned facilities, for a total increase in state restricted revenue of $2,149,334 ($1,388,051 + $761,283) in FY 2010 and each year thereafter. Local expenditures will increase by the amount generated from publicly-owned facilities, or $761,283 in FY 2010 and each year thereafter. This bill will replace the program’s current general funds with a dedicated revenue stream; therefore, state general fund expenditures will decrease and restricted expenditures will increase by $2,149,334 in FY 2010 and each year thereafter.