HB 681-FN – AS INTRODUCED
2009 SESSION
06/01
HOUSE BILL 681-FN
AN ACT relative to aquatic resource compensatory mitigation.
SPONSORS: Rep. E. Merrick, Coos 2; Rep. T. Russell, Rock 13; Rep. S. Merrick, Coos 2; Rep. Sad, Ches 2; Sen. Reynolds, Dist 2
COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development
This bill adds activities for which payment may be accepted by the department of environmental services for an unavoidable loss of aquatic resource functions.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
09-0345
06/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT relative to aquatic resource compensatory mitigation.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Aquatic Resource Compensatory Mitigation. Amend RSA 482-A:28, II to read as follows:
II. Exceeds one acre of impact for a public roadway [or], a public utility project, public transportation, or an infrastructure system and meets the criteria for a United States Army Corps of Engineers state programmatic general permit.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
09-0345
01/15/09
HB 681-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to aquatic resource compensatory mitigation.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Environmental Services states this bill may increase state general fund revenue, state general fund expenditures, county expenditures and local expenditures by an indeterminable amount in FY 2009 and each year thereafter. There will be no fiscal impact on state expenditures or county and local revenue.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Environmental Services states this bill adds activities for which payment may be accepted by the Department for an unavoidable loss of aquatic resource functions. The Department states this will most likely generate one or two additional in-lieu of fee projects each year but is not able to predict which watershed, region of the state or project type that would be impacted by this bill. To the extent the State, county or local governments engage in lieu of fee projects, they would have increased expenditures. The Department states any additional workload to the Department would be minimal and could be absorbed by existing staff utilizing existing resources.