Revision: Jan. 12, 2010, midnight
HB 1690 – AS INTRODUCED
2010 SESSION
04/10
HOUSE BILL 1690
AN ACT making statutory changes required by the repeal of certain non-regulatory boards, commissions, councils, advisory committees, and task forces.
SPONSORS: Rep. Harding, Graf 11; Rep. Kurk, Hills 7; Rep. Irwin, Hills 3; Sen. Cilley, Dist 6; Sen. Downing, Dist 22
COMMITTEE: Legislative Administration
This bill repeals certain non-regulatory boards, commissions, councils, advisory committees, and task forces, and makes relevant statutory changes necessitated by such repeals.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
10-2939
04/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT making statutory changes required by the repeal of certain non-regulatory boards, commissions, councils, advisory committees, and task forces.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Repeal of Certain Non-Regulatory Boards, Commissions, Councils, Advisory Committees, and Task Forces. Notwithstanding 2009, 144:87, I(a), the following non-regulatory boards, commissions, councils, advisory committees, and task forces are hereby repealed effective July 1, 2010:
I. RSA 12-A:29-b Cannon Mountain Advisory Commission
II. RSA 12-A:44 Advisory Committee on Travel and Tourism
III. RSA 19-C American and Canadian French Cultural
Exchange Commission
IV. RSA 151-E:6-a Long Term Care Rate Advisory Committee
V. RSA 169-H Commission on Juvenile Justice
VI. RSA 187-B Environmental Research Advisory Committee
VII. RSA 201-A:27 “Webster” Advisory Board
VIII. RSA 216-H:5 Ahern State Park Advisory Committee
IX. RSA 217-B:2 through RSA 217-B:4 Freedom’s Way Heritage Area Commission
X. RSA 227-B Mount Washington Commission
XI. RSA 275:59 Advisory Council to the Labor Commissioner
XII. RSA 327-A:4 Advisory Council to the Commissioner of the
Department of Health and Human Services on the Dispensing of Spectacles, Eyeglasses, and
Contact Lenses
XIII. RSA 332-E:2 Advisory Committee to the Commissioner of
Environmental Services
XIV. RSA 430:10 State Committee on Mosquito Control
XV. RSA 434:38 Advisory Board to the Commissioner of
Agriculture
XVI. RSA 437-A:7 through RSA 437-A:9 Committee to Study Pet Overpopulation in
New Hampshire
2 Ophthalmic Dispensing; Renewal of Registration. Amend RSA 327-A:14 to read as follows:
327-A:14 Renewal of Registration; Continuing Education. Certificates of registration issued under this chapter shall be subject to renewal every 2 years and shall expire unless renewed in the manner prescribed by the commissioner. Certificates of registration for ophthalmic dispensing shall be renewed upon the payment of the renewal fee and the completion of 8 credits of continuing education during the previous 2-year period. Any national, regional, or state optical company, trade, or professional group is authorized to sponsor continuing education programs approved by the American Board of Opticianry, the National Contact Lens Examiners, or the commissioner. The commissioner or the deputy commissioner of the department of health and human services shall authorize continuing education programs which contribute to the advancement, extension, or enhancement of the professional skills and the technical knowledge of opticians. [In authorizing such programs, the commissioner or deputy commissioner may seek the advice of the Ophthalmic Dispensing Advisory Council.]
3 Regulation of Water Treatment and Distribution. Amend RSA 332-E:3, II-III to read as follows:
II. The department[, on recommendation of the advisory committee,] shall establish the criteria and conditions for the classification of public water systems and water treatment plants or water distribution systems.
III. The department[, on recommendation of the advisory committee,] shall establish by regulation pursuant to RSA 541-A the qualifications, conditions, licensing standards, and procedures for the certification of individuals to act as operators.
4 Examinations. Amend RSA 332-E:5, VI to read as follows:
VI. The department [in conjunction with the advisory committee] may require the taking of educational courses and the demonstration of course proficiency by all operators prior to the renewal of their certificate.
5 Mount Washington Fund. For funds remaining in the Mount Washington fund established under RSA 227-B:9, the sum necessary to pay debt service on any outstanding bonds for which the fund is liable shall be retained in the Mount Washington fund. Any remaining funds shall lapse to the general fund on July 1, 2010.
6 Repeal. The following are repealed:
I. RSA 327-A:5, VIII, relative to the duty of the commissioner of the department of health and human services to call meetings of the advisory council established in RSA 327-A:4.
II. RSA 332-E:1, I, relative to the definition of “advisory committee.”
III. RSA 434:33, I, relative to the definition of “advisory board.”
IV. RSA 621-A:9, II(j), relative to a member of the commission on juvenile justice serving as a member of the juvenile justice advisory board.
7 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.