CHAPTER 59
HB 1542-FN – FINAL VERSION
2010 SESSION
08/10
HOUSE BILL 1542-FN
AN ACT repealing nitrogen oxide-emitting generation source requirements.
COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy
This bill repeals nitrogen oxide-emitting generation source requirements and the nitrogen oxide emissions reduction fund in 2014.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
10-2232
08/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT repealing nitrogen oxide-emitting generation source requirements.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
59:1 Departmental Responsibilities. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 125-J:13, II(c) to read as follows:
(c) There is hereby established the nitrogen oxide emissions reduction fund. This nonlapsing, revolving special fund shall be continually appropriated to be expended by the department of environmental services in accordance with this section. The state treasurer shall invest the moneys so deposited as provided by law. Interest received on investments made by the state treasurer shall also be credited to the fund. All payments collected by the department under this paragraph shall be deposited in the nitrogen oxide emissions reduction fund and used for the administration of the department’s responsibilities under this chapter and to reduce NOx emissions by NOx-emitting generation sources. Fund moneys may be used for:
59:2 Repeal. The following are repealed:
I. RSA 125-J:1, XIX-c relative to the definition of nitrogen oxide-emitting generation sources.
II. RSA 125-J:13, relative to nitrogen oxide-emitting generation source requirements.
III. RSA 125-J:14, relative to nitrogen oxide-emitting generation source rulemaking.
IV. RSA 6:12, I(b)(69), relative to the nitrogen oxide emissions reduction fund.
59:3 Transfer of Nitrogen Oxide Emissions Reduction Fund. All payments collected under RSA 125-J:13 prior to its repeal and deposited in the nitrogen oxide emissions reduction fund shall be transferred to the special account established in RSA 125-J:5, IX.
59:4 Effective Date.
I. Section 1 of this act shall take effect 30 days after its passage.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect January 1, 2014.
Approved: May 18, 2010
Effective Date: I. Section 1 shall take effect June 17, 2010.
II. Remainder shall take effect January 1, 2014.