CHAPTER 306
HB 1462 – FINAL VERSION
10Feb2010… 0424h
05/12/10 1948s
02Jun2010… 2264cofc
02Jun2010… 2420eba
2010 SESSION
06/05
HOUSE BILL 1462
AN ACT establishing a shoreland advisory committee.
SPONSORS: Rep. Stiles, Rock 15; Rep. Borden, Rock 18; Rep. Boyce, Belk 5; Rep. O'Neil, Hills 19; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 24; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Hassan, Dist 23; Sen. Odell, Dist 8
COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development
This bill establishes a shoreland advisory committee.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
10Feb2010… 0424h
05/12/10 1948s
02Jun2010… 2264cofc
02Jun2010… 2420eba
10-2146
06/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT establishing a shoreland advisory committee.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
306:1 New Section; Shoreland Advisory Committee Established. Amend RSA 483-B by inserting after section 20 the following new section:
483-B:21 Shoreland Advisory Committee. There is established a shoreland advisory committee. All members shall be New Hampshire residents representing diverse geographic areas of the state. The primary focus of this committee is to address residential shorefront owner input and perspective relating to shoreland development regulated under the comprehensive shoreland protection act under this chapter and the regulation of shoreline structures under RSA 482-A.
I. The advisory committee shall include:
(a) Ten representatives appointed by the governor who own property within the protected shoreland. There shall be 3 representatives for lakes greater than 1,000 acres, 2 representatives for lakes less than 1,000 acres, 2 representatives for rivers designated under RSA 483, 2 representatives for rivers greater than fourth order, and one representative for tidal areas. No body of water shall have more than one representative who owns property within its protected shoreland.
(b) Ten representatives of the following organizations appointed by the commissioner of the department of environmental services:
(1) A representative of a regional planning commission or the office of energy and planning.
(2) A representative of the New Hampshire Association of Natural Resource Scientists.
(3) A representative of the Granite State Designers and Installers.
(4) A representative of the New Hampshire Lakes Association.
(5) A representative of the New Hampshire Rivers Council.
(6) A representative of the New Hampshire Home Builders and Remodelers Association.
(7) A representative of the Granite State Landscape Architects.
(8) A representative from the department of environmental services who shall serve as a nonvoting member of the committee.
(9) A representative of the New Hampshire Marine Trades Association.
(10) A representative of The Nature Conservancy.
II. The committee shall solicit information from other state agencies on an as needed basis.
III. The members shall serve until December 31, 2013.
IV. Any vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. V. The representative of the department of environmental services shall call the first meeting 90 days after the effective date of this section as long as the majority of appointments have been confirmed. Ten members shall constitute a quorum. At its first meeting the committee shall elect a chairperson, vice chairperson, and secretary. Subsequent meetings shall be at the call of the chair, or at the request of 6 or more committee members.
(a) The committee shall meet 4 times per year.
(b) The committee secretary shall contact the chairman of the senate energy, environment and economic development committee and the chairman of the house resources, recreation and development committee to post scheduled meetings and public hearing times and places in the legislative calendars.
VI. The committee shall make suggestions to the commissioner of the department of environmental services relative to the implementation of the comprehensive shoreland protection act under this chapter and the regulation of shoreline structures under RSA 482-A. In order to accomplish these purposes, the committee may:
(a) Identify issues that need clarification or modification in the rules and statutes.
(b) Prepare written comment for the commissioner to suggest potential rules changes.
(c) Prepare written comment for the commissioner to suggest statutory changes.
(d) Aid in the design and implementation of outreach strategies and guidance documents.
VII. The commissioner of the department of environmental services shall include representation from the committee when a stakeholder group is formed by the department to assist in developing rules relative to shoreline structures under RSA 482-A and the protected shoreland under this chapter. The committee shall present any comments to proposed rules to the commissioner in writing.
306:2 Repeal. RSA 483-B:21, relative to the shoreland advisory committee, is repealed.
306:3 Effective Date.
I. Section 2 of this act shall take effect December 31, 2013.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: July 13, 2010
Effective Date: I. Section 2 shall take effect December 31, 2013.
II. Remainder shall take effect July 13, 2010