HB 498 – AS INTRODUCED
2009 SESSION
06/01
HOUSE BILL 498
AN ACT relative to membership on the wetlands council.
SPONSORS: Rep. Infantine, Hills 13; Rep. R. Holden, Hills 7; Sen. Gatsas, Dist 16
COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development
This bill clarifies the membership of the wetlands council.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
09-0627
06/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT relative to membership on the wetlands council.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Wetlands Council. Amend RSA 21-O:5-a, I(g) and II to read as follows:
(g) [Eight] Nine members of the public appointed by the governor and council for a term of 3 years or until a successor is chosen. One of these shall be a member of a municipal conservation commission at the time of appointment, and be one of 3 nominees submitted by the New Hampshire Association of Conservation Commissions; one shall be a supervisor, associate supervisor, former associate supervisor, or former supervisor, of a conservation district at the time of appointment, and be one of 3 nominees submitted by the New Hampshire Association of Conservation Districts; one shall be an elected municipal official at the time of appointment, and be one of 3 nominees submitted by the New Hampshire Municipal Association; one shall be a natural resource scientist and be one of 3 nominees submitted by the New Hampshire Association of Natural Resource Scientists; one shall be a member of the non-residential construction industry and be one of 3 nominees submitted by the Associated General Contractors of New Hampshire; one shall be a member of the residential construction industry and be one of 3 nominees submitted by the Home Builders and Remodelers Association of New Hampshire; one shall be a member of the marine industry and be one of 3 nominees submitted by the New Hampshire Marine Trades Association; one shall have experience in environmental protection and resource management at the time of appointment and be one of 4 nominees submitted, 2 each, by the New Hampshire Audubon Society and the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests; and one shall be a farm or forest landowner and be one of 2 nominees submitted, one each, by the New Hampshire Farm Bureau Federation and the New Hampshire Timberland Owners Association. One member of the council shall be elected annually as chairperson by the members of the council.
II. The [8] 9 members appointed under subparagraph I(g) shall be entitled to expenses and $50 compensation per diem. The other members of the council shall receive no additional compensation for their service as members of the council, other than their regular salaries from their respective state departments, but shall receive mileage and other expenses paid at the rate set for state employees.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.