CHAPTER 128
HB 1266 – FINAL VERSION
2010 SESSION
06/09
HOUSE BILL 1266
AN ACT relative to notification requirements for lowering the water level of a lake or pond.
SPONSORS: Rep. Kappler, Rock 2; Rep. Mack, Hills 1; Rep. Hatch, Coos 3
COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development
This bill adds an exception to the notification requirements for lowering the water level of a lake or pond.
This bill is a request of the department of environmental services.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
10-2478
06/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT relative to notification requirements for lowering the water level of a lake or pond.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
128:1 Public Informational Meeting Required. Amend RSA 482:13, I to read as follows:
I. No owner shall breach any dam, lower any water body for the repair of any dam, or cause any significant lowering of the water level in a pond or lake without first notifying the local governing body in the cities or towns where said dam or water body is located at least 30 days prior to any action specified above. The provisions of this section shall not apply to dams impounding bodies of water less than 10 acres or to the normal scheduled lowering of water levels each fall, the normal lowering of a water body by the exercise of water rights, the lowering of water levels by the department of environmental services to protect instream flows under RSA 483:9-c, or the lowering of water levels in any emergency situation.
128:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 9, 2010
Effective Date: August 8, 2010