HB44 (2011) Detail

(New Title) designating segments of the Oyster River as a protected river and exempting certain portions of the Oyster River from the provisions of the comprehensive shoreland protection act.


CHAPTER 118

HB 44 – FINAL VERSION

23Feb2011… 0120h

18May2011…1804EBA

2011 SESSION

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06/03

HOUSE BILL 44

AN ACT designating segments of the Oyster River as a protected river and exempting certain portions of the Oyster River from the provisions of the comprehensive shoreland protection act.

SPONSORS: Rep. Kappler, Rock 2; Rep. Wall, Straf 7; Rep. Kaen, Straf 7; Rep. Cataldo, Straf 3; Rep. C. Vita, Straf 3; Sen. Merrill, Dist 21

COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill designates segments of the Oyster River as a protected river.

This bill exempts 1st, 2nd, and 3rd order portions of the Oyster River from the provisions of the comprehensive shoreland protection act.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

23Feb2011… 0120h

18May2011… 1804EBA

11-0154

06/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT designating segments of the Oyster River as a protected river and exempting certain portions of the Oyster River from the provisions of the comprehensive shoreland protection act.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

118:1 New Paragraph; Rivers Designated for Protection; Oyster River. Amend RSA 483:15 by inserting after paragraph XVI the following new paragraph:

XVII. Oyster River:

(a)(1) As a rural-community river immediately downstream of the Hall Road Bridge in Barrington to the upstream side of Old Mill Road in Lee.

(2) As a rural river from the upstream side of Old Mill Road in Lee to the upstream side of Route 155 crossing in Lee.

(3) As a rural-community river from the upstream side of Route 155 crossing in Lee to the upstream side of the Oyster River Dam in Durham.

(4) As a community river from the upstream side of the Oyster River Dam in Durham to the Mill Pond Dam in Durham.

(b) All 1st, 2nd, and 3rd order portions of the Oyster River shall be exempt from the comprehensive shoreland protection act under RSA 483-B.

118:2 Contingent Renumbering. If HB 336 of the 2011 legislative session becomes law, RSA 483:15, XVII as inserted by section 1 of this act shall be renumbered as RSA 483:15, XVIII.

118:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: June 2, 2011

Effective Date: June 2, 2011