Revision: Feb. 16, 2012, midnight
HB 1435 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
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2012 SESSION
08/05
HOUSE BILL 1435
AN ACT establishing a committee to oversee the department of environmental services.
SPONSORS: Rep. Renzullo, Hills 27; Rep. Rappaport, Coos 1
COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture
This bill establishes a committee to oversee the department of environmental services.
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Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
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08/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
AN ACT establishing a committee to oversee 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 Oversight Committee. Amend RSA 21-O by inserting after section 22 the following new sections:
21-O:23 Oversight Committee; Establishment; Purpose.
I. There shall be an oversight 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 oversight committee shall be for the biennium and shall be coterminous with membership in the general court.
III. The oversight committee on environmental services shall provide legislative oversight of the department to support a cost effective, comprehensive, coordinated system of environmental services.
21-O:24 Organization and Compensation. The oversight 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.
21-O:25 Duties of Oversight 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 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 than every 3 months.
VII. Make 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 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.