HB 1435 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
15Feb2012… 0510h
29Mar2012… 1337h
2012 SESSION
08/05
HOUSE BILL 1435
AN ACT establishing a liaison committee to monitor the department of environmental services.
SPONSORS: Rep. Renzullo, Hills 27; Rep. Rappaport, Coos 1
COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture
This bill establishes a liaison committee to monitor 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
15Feb2012… 0510h
29Mar2012… 1337h
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08/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
AN ACT establishing a liaison committee to monitor the department of environmental services.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Sections; Department of Environmental Services Liaison Committee. Amend RSA 21-O by inserting after section 22 the following new sections:
21-O:23 Liaison Committee; Establishment; Purpose.
I. There shall be an liaison committee on environmental services consisting of 12 members as follows:
(a) The chairperson, vice-chairperson, and ranking minority member of the senate energy and natural resources committee, appointed by the president of the senate; and
(b) Nine members of the house of representatives, who shall consist of the chairperson, vice-chairperson, and ranking minority member from the resources, recreation and development committee, the environment and agriculture committee, and the science, technology and energy committee, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
II. Membership on the liaison committee shall be for the biennium and shall be coterminous with membership in the general court.
III. The liaison committee on environmental services shall monitor the department to support a cost effective, comprehensive, coordinated system of environmental services.
21-O:24 Organization and Compensation. The liaison committee shall have a chairperson who shall be chosen by committee vote from among the 4 house and senate committee chairpersons. The chairperson’s term of office shall be for the biennium. The committee shall have a clerk who shall be chosen by vote by the members of the committee. The clerk’s term of office shall be for the biennium. The members of the committee shall receive legislative mileage when in performance of their duties. The quorum of the committee shall be 6 members.
21-O:25 Duties of Liaison Committee. The committee shall:
I. Review quarterly reports of the number and kind of complaints, appeals of decisions and the final actions taken on such complaints and appeals as reported by the commissioner of the department of environmental services.
II. Review all state statutes relative to the department of environmental services in order to identify obsolete provisions and concepts and add clarifying language where necessary through recommendations for the following legislative session. Such review shall be completed every 6 years.
III. Invite the commissioner or his or her designee each meeting of the committee.
IV. Publish an agenda in advance of each committee meeting.
V. Review proposed legislation and rules affecting the department and any other topics deemed helpful to the overview of the department by the commissioner or members of the committee.
VI. Meet at the call of the chair but in no case less frequently than every 3 months.
VII. As much as possible, depend on existing data and reports and minimize its demand on the department in the execution of its duties.
VIII. Submit a report no later than the first day of November of the second year of the biennium as to its activities and recommendations to the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate.
2 Repeal. RSA 21-O:23-25, relative to the liaison committee to monitor the department of environmental services, is repealed.
3 Effective Date.
I. Section 2 of this act shall take effect November 2, 2019.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect January 1, 2013.